Issue #3 Glamorous compromise
As a decision making strategy, “compromise” definitely has somewhat of a negative connotation . A compromise seems to involve losing something, going for the second best. In personal relationships as well, a compromise is often seen as a solution no one is really satisfied with. In Scandinavian languages “compromise” has acquired a more ambiguous meaning. The search for consensus, achieved through compromises, has been so instrumental in shaping the modern Scandinavian societies and defining the “Scandinavian model”, or the “middle way”, between market capitalism and a planned economy. Despite this tradition, compromise today usually stands as the dull antithesis to the unrestrained individualism so dominant in contemporary culture. This is the reason why we want in this issue to show compromise in relation to the notion of “glamour”. What is the glam and glitter of compromise? Is the glamorous side of architecture in itself a compromise? This third issue of CONDITIONS is devoted to the topic of “Glamorous Compromise”, as an investigation into the culture of compromise and its influence upon architecture and urbanism. The core of this endeavor is to present a series of interviews with exponents from different roles within the planning process as a portrayal of compromise from different sides of the negotiating table.
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
by Conditions
THE POLITICIAN, THE PLANNER, THE DEVELOPER AND THE ARCHITECT
BĂĄrd Folke Fredriksen, Jan Kristiansen, HĂĄkan Danielsson & Gert WingĂĄrdh
interviewed by Tor Inge Hjemdal & Anders Melsom / Conditions
THE CURIOUS CASE OF ARNE GARBORGS PLAZA
case study by Pavlina Andrea Lucas & Evan Smith Wergeland
HEROES AND GUIDELINES
article by Brendan Cormier & Christopher Pandolfi
SUSTAINABILITY AS AN AESTHETIC PROBLEM
article by Gerard Reinmuth
THE CITY OF BRIDGES
illustration by Yusuke Koshima
THE CHARTER OF DUBAI
project by Sabine MĂĽller & Andreas Quednau (SMAQ)
14 1/2 NOTES ON THE IDEA OF COMPROMISE
article by Sabin BorČ™
THE MYTHS THAT SHAPE YOUR ARCHITECTURE
article by Clément Blanchet & Mads Farsø
THE COMPROMISE HOUSE
project by MĂĄns Wrange/OMBUD and Spetz & Holst
A COMPROMISE MANIFESTO – 50 TECHNIQUES FOR ASPIRING STARCHITECTS
anonyomus
THE BRAND VS. THE STATE
article by Rosetta Sarah Elkin
WHAT ABOUT GLAMOUR
article by Wai Think Tank
COMPRO-MISS
collage by Conditions
A CRITIQUE OF THE “PARAMETRICIST” TEXT
anonyomus article
LAUNDRY MAN
cartoon by Jimenez Lai
IS YES MORE? – FAKE INTERVIEW WITH BJARKE INGELS
by Boris Brorman Jensen
DEAD: DEAD OR ALIVE
by Conditions
