8 / Public
Winter 2010
Go public. From the successful spaces designed to be enjoyed by the community to the tools citizens have to influence those areas, common or not. From new design methods that create extraordinary opportunities to decisions that challenge our basic public structures. And all this through documentation, investigation and idealization of what can be done; because we believe in the power of PUBLIC. Yes, that is you.
Contributors include Luis Chillida, Andrew Clark, Lick Fai Eric Ho, Matthew Hoffman, Iker Gil, KARO* with Architektur+Netzwerk, labRAD, Edward Emile Richardson, Rob Smith, Snøhetta, Francine Stock, and David Yoon.
Issue 8 Introduction
Issue introduction by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Open Manifesto for Mass Creation
Architect Lick Fai Eric Ho proposes a new way of approaching design
Superirresponsible
Designer Andrew Clark visualizes the SUPERFUND program
Shanghai Streets
Photographer Rob Smith captures images of everyday life in the streets of Shanghai
Despair
Architect Edward Emile Richardson explains the impact that the public housing laws have had in the public housing system in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Is There a Future for the Recent Past in New Orleans?
Essay by Francine Stock, president of DOCOMOMO US/Louisiana
White House 2.0
Text and project by Arielle Assouline-Lichten & Wayne Congar of the think-tank lab/RAD
Narrow Streets Los Angeles
Photographer David Yoon narrows existing streets of Los Angeles to see the effects on the city
El Peine del Viento
Luis Chillida, son of sculptor Eduardo Chillida, talks to Iker Gil about “El Peine del Viento”
What is Your Favorite Public Space?
We asked you, our PUBLIC, about your favorite public space
European Prize for Urban Public Space
The European Award for Urban Public Space selected this year projects by KARO* with Architectur + Netzwerk and SNØHETTA