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Architecture et révolution: the engineered consent of a discipline

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By Ole Bouman
| Taylor & Francis Online
Recently, I got stuck in a debate about the agency of architecture. In fact, it wasn't the first time. May I even say this impasse has characterised my entire career? Me: insisting that architecture should and eventually will — play a crucial role in the human resolve required to address the existential issues of my generation and those to come.
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Architecture Measures it All: Why the Venice Biennale Should not be Postponed

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By Ole Bouman
| ArchDaily Verified
Architecture Measures it All: Why the Venice Biennale Should not be Postponed © Hesperia Iliadou Last week, the Venice Architecture Biennale announced that it would postpone its opening to August 29 while still maintaining the original closure date of November 29, shortening the Biennale to be only three months long. This sudden change follows the continued world-wide outbreak of the COVID-19 virus which has been shuttering events around the world to prevent its further spread.
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Invisible Architecture: the Necessity of Surprise - Eyes and Ears of the City / Ole Bouman for the Shenzhen Biennale (UABB) 2019

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By Ole Bouman
| ArchDaily Verified
Invisible Architecture: the Necessity of Surprise - Eyes and Ears of the City / Ole Bouman for the Shenzhen Biennale (UABB) 2019 UABB in Nantou urban village © ZHANG Chao What happens when the sensor-imbued city acquires the ability to see – almost as if it had eyes?
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How Shenzhen's the Victoria and Albert museum signals a new design for the city

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By Fionnuala McHugh, Natalie Leung, Tim Reeve, Ole Bouman
| CNN Verified
The first thing anyone tells you about Shenzhen, the city in southern China that borders Hong Kong and has a population of at least 12 million, is that it was once a sleepy fishing village. As with its neighbor, which began British colonial life as an unpromising rocky outcrop in the South China Sea ("Albert is so much amused at my having got the island of Hong Kong," wrote Queen Victoria in 1841, of her imperial bauble), the tale of an unpromising beginning emphasizes the vast distance traveled.
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