Territories of Disobedience

Synopsis

Architects Today Play A Marginal Role In The Production Of Built Environments, Often Entering A Project Long After Its Critical Limits Have Been Defined. Oualalou+choi Seeks To Reestablish The Architect's Role As Necessary And Pertinent, To Expand And Redefine The Architect's Perimeter Of Action. The Architecture Presented In This Book Is A Form Of Disobedience, A Challenge To Entrenched Systems Of Construction. To Question And Pervert The Established Parameters Of An Architectural Project Is Oualalou+choi's Modus Operandi. This Search For Singularity Is Not A Search For Formal Distinction; It's Not A Fetishism Of The Architectural Object. It Speaks To A Desire To Define A Project's Conditions Of Existence, To Be Responsible For More Than A Project's Formal Incarnation. This Compendium Of Essays And Projects Is Divided Into Four Themes: Cultural Resistance, Occupying Earth, Public Prerogatives, And Urban Transgressions. Presenting Radically Dissimilar Projects, It Illuminates The Core Of Oualalou+choi's Work: The Exploration Of Scale And Territorial Structures. Linna Choi And Tarik Oualalou Are Partners In Oualalou+choi, An Architectural Firm Based In Paris And Casablanca. Territories Of Disobedience Traces The First Fifteen Years Of Their Work.--publisher's Description. [v.1.] Cultural Resistance : Volubilis Museum -- Expo 2015 -- Venice Biennale -- Cultural Center Of Morocco -- Flij -- Fez Millenium -- Museum Of Moroccan Art -- Dar El Bacha Museum -- Home -- Ice Box -- Dakhla Museum -- National Museum Of Archaeology -- Escales -- [v.2.] Occupying Earth : Co-habilitation -- Hotel 24th Du Mans -- Cupecoy -- Baccarat Hotel -- Reinventing Paris -- Zoo Habitat 1 -- Zoo Habitat 2 -- Happy Bay -- Caravanserail -- Montabo -- Balima Hotel -- Africa House -- Radisson Tangier -- [v.3.] Public Prerogatives : Cop 22 Village -- Magnet School -- Re-tour -- Sports Campus -- Port Authority -- University Mvi -- Tangier Free Zone -- Taghazout Village -- Oujda Stadium -- Foodstrading -- Technical Institute -- Tangier Courthouse -- Berleit Showroom -- School Block -- Dakhla Courthouse -- Ancfcc Headquarters -- [v.4.] Urban Transgressions : Pietri Plaza -- Borderline -- Urban Zoo -- Tamansourt -- Bab Atlas -- Mazagan Urban Center -- Agropolis -- Fezzan-sabha. Authors, Linna Choi, Tarik Oualalou. Issued Slipcase. Title From Slipcase.