LOTUS Nº 169 THE NEW AGAIN

What do pictures of new projects teach us? What kind of rigorous evaluation can we derive from their examination? But above all who is examining whom? Is it we who are looking at them in an inquiring way or is it the images of the new works of architecture, with their unplanned destinies, that come to us to ask their questions? Lotus presents an unprecedented encyclopedic labyrinth with a map of the geography described by the new architecture and illustrated with the entries in a still incomplete dictionaryl nuovo in architettura / The new in Architecture Dove / Where Identità / Identities Rinascite / Rebirths Ibridi / Hybrids Strutture / Structures Network Genoa Bridge Renzo Piano Ponte Polcevera, Genova, Italia, 2018 Nina Bassoli La via del nuovo ponte / On the road of the New Bridge Il concorso per il parco / The competition for the park Les Halles, 1854-2016 Patrick Berger Jacques Anziutti Architectes Le Pôle Châtelet-Les Halles, Paris 2007-16 From police to art Herzog & de Meuron Tai Kwun, Centre for Heritage & Art, Hong Kong, China, 2006-18 From Rotterdam to New York OMA Timmerhuis Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 2009-15 Torino città aperta / Torino Open City CZA - Cino Zucchi Architetti HQ Lavazza, Torino, 2011-17 Giampiero Bosoni Dal recupero alla rigenerazione / From Reclamation to Regeneration Innesto / Grafts Flores & Prats Casal Balaguer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2016 Contesto / Context Noura al Sayeh and Leopold Banchini House of Architectural Heritage, Muharraq, Kingdom of Bahrain, 2017 Contrasto / Contrast David Closes Auditorium in Sant Francesc Convent Santpedor, Spain, 2011 Townhouse in London 31/44 Architects RedChurch Townhouse, Shoreditch, London, 2015-18 Restauro, Palingenesi / Restoration, Palingenesis MIchele Nastasi Icone dal web / Icons from the Web The Social Inspiration Pierluigi Nicolin Dal mito dell'originalità alla cultura della copia / From the Myth of Originality to the Culture of the Copy