10 / Conflict
Summer 2011

Conflicts are an inevitable part of our society. Their origins can be political, economic or social; their outcomes physically and emotionally impact cities and countries, economies and societies; we can’t avoid them. It’s the moment to discuss the consequences and how design can be a useful tool to address them.
Contributors to this issue include Jonathan Andrew, Christopher Baker, Vladimir Belogolovsky, David Garcia Studio, dpr-barcelona, Peter Eisenman, Thomas Hillier, Alex Lehnerer, Nora Niasari, OMNIBUS, Mika Savela, Simon Scheithauer, Cameron Sinclair and Urban-Think Tank.
Issue 10 Introduction
Issue introduction by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS ContextUnder the Bridge
Film and essay by Nora NiasariBuild Simply: South of the Border
Essay by architects Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner from Urban-Think Tank with research assistant Daniel Schwartz from ETHUnder Conflict, Can We Still Give a Damn?
Ethel Baraona Pohl and César Reyes from dpr-barcelona interview Cameron Sinclair, Chief Eternal Optimist and co-founder of Architecture for HumanityThe Emperor’s Castle
Project and text by Thomas HillierProstitution, Migration and Urban Territory
Essay and diagrams by OMNIBUS (Charlotte Malterre Barthes with Valentina Genini)Towards Open Architecture
Essay by Simon ScheithauerThe Great Mosques of Lake Geneva
Essay by architect Mika SavelaWater Shore Habitat
Project by David Garcia Studio awarded First Prize in the International Unesco Delta City of the Future competitionDowntown’s Will to Form
Essay by architect and urban designer Alex LehnererWW2 Bunkers
Photographs by Jonathan AndrewChanges are Coming
Vladimir Belogolovsky, architect and founder of the Intercontinental Curational Project, interviews architect and educator Peter EisenmanImage Conflict
Letter by Javier Arbona