Dixit - 05 About Conditions

The fifth issue of Dixit, the journal of architecture criticism features the words of architects Charlotte Truwant + Dries Rodet, Mio Tsuneyama + Fuminori Nousaku who confront each other around the theme of conditions.

What are conditions of society, of life, of perspective in the world of the 21st century? What are the conditions of architectural practice today?

Are the conditions of use or practice defined by us or imposed upon us? 

And if so, by whom and when? If some of the conditions influencing our lives and choices appear universal—such as global warming—are they truly so?

The idea here is to question the very notion of condition, which can be absolute but also relative to the organisation of societies, and of social, economic, political and climatic inequalities; and of course the cultural notions that qualify conditions by inserting them into more global contexts of varying scales.

In short, isn't the definition of a condition intrinsically linked to everyone's decision to accept it as such?

As the self-renewing discipline that is architecture, Caryatide editions picks up the torch of the critical magazine—which was their very first form. They wish to enrich the debate around architecture by bringing a word that confronts to the news. Architecture is at the convergence of questioning, a discipline nourished by cross-disciplinary approaches. As such, as a signature, Caryatide endeavours to keep a critical point of view, enriched by a social and political look which the architectural discipline depends on, to highlight its complexity and aspirations.

For each issue, three times a year, two contributors are invited to share their thoughts on a new theme.

Truwant + Rodet + is an architectural practice founded in 2015 in Basel by Charlotte Truwant (born 1980) and Dries Rodet (born 1982).

Fuminori Nousaku (born 1982) and Mio Tsuneyama (born 1983) are Tokyo-based architects. They engage in critical architectural practice on the theme of contemporary cities and ecosystems.

Edited by Claudia Mion
Editorial coordination: Juliette Pochard
Texts by Fuminori Nousaku, Charlotte Truwant, Dries Rodet, Mio Tsuneyama
Graphic design: Spassky Fischer
Published by Caryatide
 
Published in January 2025
Bilingual edition (English / French)
23 x 30 cm
Softcover
64 pages (ill.)
ISBN : 978-2-493283-27-6

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