Impermanence and Architecture. Ideas, Concepts, Words by Massimo Perriccioli

“…Temporariness, in its different ways of interpretation, is an emerging theme of the contemporary architectural research and raises questions about the effects of new technologies, both tangible and intangible, on ways of conceiving and realizing spaces for contemporary living. …”
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Post-producing the modern – Guidelines for an energy development as an architectural transition by Giuseppe Marsala, Giulia Renda

“…From this perspective, the essay retraces contemporary architectural experiments in an energetic key performed on the structure of modern architecture, starting from the re-interpretation of its theoretical principles.   …”
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For a design transition – Green composition and design for the contemporary city by Claudia Pirina, Giovanni Comi, Vincenzo d’Abramo

“…While the theme of re-naturalisation of soils and preservation of natural environments is a familiar one in contemporary architectural culture, the need to rethink the systematisation of individual interventions in order to arrive at a transcalar approach to design seems to be a reflection that still requires the necessary critical investigation. …”
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THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ARCHITECTURE: BEAUTY, JUSTICE AND THE CALL OF CARE by H.A. Auret

“… In contemporary architectural practice, it seems impossible to establish common consensus regarding the merits or definition of architectural beauty. …”
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Making a lot with little – Modular architecture, starting with Walter Segal by Niccolò Di Virgilio

“…The paper attempts to follow some of the hidden channels that link Segal’s practice with movements within the complex geography of contemporary architectural design: movements that focus on reclaiming ‘making’, on the sustainability intrinsic in Segal’s principles, and on a pragmatic aesthetic that takes account of events and external circumstances to achieve ‘more’ with ‘less’.   …”
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Les insectes vivants dans l’espace anthropisé. Incarnations de la dichotomie nature/culture en architecture by Delphine Lewandowski

“…The dichotomies that are associated with them: “desirable/undesirable”, “controlled/uncontrolled”, or “fascination/repulsion”, illustrate the impact that naturalism has on contemporary architectural culture and its production, at a time when the integration of the living in the built environment is increasingly desired and standardized. …”
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Environments (out) of Control by Lorinc Vass, Roy Cloutier, Nicole Sylvia, Contingent Collective

“…This article examines the contradictory circuits of (neo)cybernetics in contemporary architectural and urbanistic discourse by reframing them within the ‘environmentalitarian’ epoch. …”
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Identity of the Courtyard in Traditional and Contemporary Erbil City Houses by Rawaz Abdullah, Aisha Saied, Dlman Azeez

“…The most significant element of architectural design across various cultures is our courtyard; the ongoing debate in contemporary architectural design is identity. It acknowledges the role of space as the most important standard to measure the human identity of a building is shaped by specific climate, place, and time. …”
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Form destabilization: Between reality and projection by Mojsilović Mila

“…Moving from the concepts of project, space, and form wholeness problematizes the dematerialization of the world, allowing the production of architectural space as a place of new reality - between reality and its projection. Contemporary architectural openness enables the acceptance of diversity as the highest quality, in a zone where nothing is static or predefined. …”
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