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nOffice | Accumulating Transitory Knowledge ( working title )
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This operative manifesto by nOffice will investigate notions of practice and architectural/spatial knowledge production. By using a plethora of media from archive to scripts, this short text offers an outline as to how unstable working conditions might allow for a projective reading of evolution as a cross-section through a moment in time
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nOffice and its three partners Markus Miessen, Ralf Pflugfelder and Magnus Nilsson are an architectural practice based in Berlin and London, and situated itself on the crossroads of critical architecture, urban intervention and the art world. They have built a pavilion for the Lyon Biennial (2007), an exhibition space for Max Wigram Gallery in London (during Frieze 2006), and a traveling exhibition architecture for an international group show initiated by Credit Suisse. The practice is currently working on a series of various-scale projects, including the self-initiated HUO Archive – Cultural Centre and Residency, Akil Independent Film Theatre (Dubai), Ogilvie and Tyroller House (Germany), as well as a year-long redefinition of the spaces of the Bristol-based art institution Arnolfini, spanning over the course of three consecutive in-house exhibitions. In Brasil, nOffice has consulted a masterplan for a 50 hectar rural density strategy and has now been commissioned for the design and building of a Mediateque as its central public component (other architects include Oscar Niemeyer, Ben van Berkel, FOA and Field Operations). The practice has been awarded 2nd prize for their Wohnpilot housing scheme in Graz by the Austrian Chamber of Architects. In Berlin, they are working on a roof-top pavilion for Krome Gallery for Art and Architecture that will open at Art Forum Berlin and will be programmed from 2008 - 2010. In New York City, nOffice has been commissioned to propose an urban intervention for the 2009 Performa Biennial. The practice also works on an architectural-scale installation with a New-York based visual artist. In collaboration with a consultancy for sustainable economics and development research, nOffice is currently developing a 20-year plan for the future of Berlin.
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