For the Camenzind goes Belgrade Project, we have reinforced our team with:

Ana Djordjevic-Petrovic, a Belgrade-based graphic designer and activist, with masters in interior design. During her 15 years of working as a freelancer she has worked on a widerange of design concepts for a diverse spectrum of clients. This work has variously included book layouts, packaging design, visual identity, promotional material and video art. Recently she has expanded her field of activity, initiating several projects to improve Belgrade’s public

Leila Peacock, whose work encompasses writing, drawing, bookbinding, video and radio. She holds a Masters in Literature and all of her work plays with language, metaphor and the mechanisms of fiction. Her work has been exhibited in Glasgow (CCA, The Arches, GAS), Berlin (NBI, Mother Drucker), Toulouse (L’espace Croix Baragnon) and most recently at Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. Her speculative essays that merge fact and fiction have been published in Tank, The White Review, Kilimanjaro and The Junket, as well as an upcoming piece for The Bulletin of The Serving Library.

Further information on the » project website!

Camenzind #10 ist da und kann ab sofort bestellt werden!

Preis inklusive Porto:

an Adresse in der Schweiz CHF 11.00 CHF an Adresse in der EU CHF 14.80 CHF an Adresse im Rest der Welt CHF 16.20 CHF

Inhalt / Content (die eine Hälfte der Beiträge ist Deutsch, die andere Englisch):
- Die 80ies. Das Interview mit Bettina Köhler
- Jessica Bridger: Belief in massive failure – The Space Shuttle Challenger
- Krishna Bharathi: My Father’s Car
- Stephan Becker: Dreiundzwanzig Jahre später
- Laura J Gerlach: Pre-Facebook-Time / Memphis-Design
- Markus Podehl: “Weil er sich immerzu dreht, kehrt er zurück, der Wind”
- The Caretaker. Interview with Tom Emerson
- Sonja Malm: Kill your Landlord. Kreuzberg, die 80er und die Gegenwart
- Dennis Schep: Ghosts in the Machine. The Supernatural is/in Technology
- Leila Peacock: Megalithic Modernism and a Modern Megalith
- Aleksander Tokarz: “That’s just Rubbish”
- William Davis: Welcome to Foreign
- Christian Salewski on Scenarios
- Busters-Interview. Memory spielen mit Florian Graf

Am Dienstag, den 4. Dezember, führen wir als Abschluss der Reihe zum 20-jährigen Jubiläums des Architekturforums Bern ein Kamingespräch durch, an dem in Berns Zukunft geblickt wird. Thema werden die Chancen und Qualitäten der Bundesstadt und ihrer Hauptstadtregion sein, mit denen sich auch das kürzlich erschienene Buch “Wie viel Bern braucht die Schweiz?” auseinandersetzt.

Als Gäste konnten wir Vinzenz Meyner, Ute Schneider, Georg Tobler, und Christian Wiesmann gewinnen. Bernhard Giger wird das Gespräch moderieren.

Die Veranstaltung findet im Kornhaus Bern um 18.30 statt.

» Mehr Informationen

Die Diskussion findet um 18 Uhr im Palazzo Trevisan nahe der Vaporetto-Station Zatterre statt.

» Website Salon Suisse

Weitere Informationen auf der » website des Projekts!

» Mehr Informationen zum Zumtobel Group Award

Die Archizines-Ausstellung, auf der auch Camenzind präsentiert wird, macht an der Fakultät für Architektur in Porto halt, vom 14. Juni bis zum 27. Juli.

Camenzind/BHSF haben am Eidgenössischen Wettbewerb für Kunst, Architektur und Vermittlung teilgenommen und den Preis für Architekturvermittlung gewonnen. Das Dossier ist ab dem 11. Juni 2011 im Rahmen der Art Basel in der Halle 4, Messe Basel am Computertisch zu besichtigen!

Editorial

Architecture, although we often don’t realize it, has always played a central role in our culture; in our homes, places of worship, offices, and shops. The 21st century – called by some, ‘the century of the cities’ – has brought much socio-economic transformation to Africa. The African continent will most probably experience immense population growth – the United Nations estimates that Africa’s population could more than triple in this century. Most of this growth will take place in cities – architecture will play an intrinsic role in this process.

There is no platform in the form of a magazine in East Africa to discuss this situation. A gap this magazine seeks to fill. A magazine that is a vehicle for open criticism and constructive exchange of opinions; a platform to launch innovative solutions; a place for the discussion of typically local phenomena, and as a source of information for decision makers.

To kick-start this magazine, a four-week workshop was setup by Camenzind Magazine from Zurich, to work with a group of young, ambitious and vibrant university students and recent graduates in how to form a future editorial team for a magazine that will fill this lack of an East-African architectural magazine. The workshop included training in text writing and editing, photography, art and production, and finally marketing and strategy to ensure the long-term existence of the magazine.

After fun (and loud) discussions, bouncing ideas back and forth, we finally came up with the magazine title ANZA, a Swahili word meaning “start”. We found this name suitable as it references both the beginning of this East African architectural magazine, and the start of a long but hopeful journey for East African cities and their peoples. Aside from this name being ideologically powerful, we all agreed that it was also typographically beautiful.
One may well ask: ‘can a diverse, multidisciplinary, student-published magazine, dealing with issues concerning people and spaces, issued biannually, compete with newer, more interactive, faster formats like blogs and online forums?’ Our reply: one can never know unless they ANZA!

Ahsanteni na Karibuni

Inhalt:

“We are confident the new plan will succeed” by Paul K. Bomani
“The die-hard modernist: Anthony Almeida” by Comfort Badaru
“Transformation of Dar es Salaam” by Sylvia Graf
“Our lifeless shells” by Anitah Hakika
“The story of the boy from Tanganyika” by Kanywanyi S. Kanywanyi
“Addis Ababa: Extracting Character from Voids” by D. Hebel & E. Yitbarek
“Learning from Africa” by Geert Cobrink & Katharina Posselt
“Making a model of Dar es Salaam” by Abella Mutalemwa & Comfort Mosha
“Informal Settlements” Photographs
“From home to work” Photographs
“Where shall we go from here” by Ketema Abebe
“Rural urbanism in Rwanda” by Astrid Weisel
“Mauritius sustainable island metropolis” by Vinesh Chintaram
“Dar es Salaam & its architecture” by Brenda J.N. Kaira
“On the traces of a photograph” by Łukasz Stanek
“Babu speaks” by Paul K. Bomani

Für die Archizines-Ausstellung, die 2011 in London stattfand, wurde die Redaktion zu vier Themen befragt:

“What is the relationship between architecture and publishing?”

“How do you ‘edit’ architecture?”

“What is the role of printed matter in the digital age?”

“How are architectural publications changing?”