C3

The 425th issue of ‘C3’ explores various architectural concepts with expert contributors from around the world. The concept of architecture as a vision machine is explored in ‘The Observatory’, emphasising how it influences our perspectives. In ‘Truly at Home in the Landscape’, houses are discussed as entities that interact with the land they occupy. Demonstrating respect towards the land is crucial, as it provides a sanctuary for humanity. ‘Contextualising the Community Library’ highlights the importance of local libraries fitting in with their surroundings. Architects can achieve this by considering the existing built environment, street plan, topology, or landscape.

AI and Architecture: Are we going to be out of work? _ Silvio Carta + Herbert Wright

New Projects
Like a Stratified Rock
Kobe Port Museum _ Taisei Design Planners Architects & Engineers
Interview _ Takefumi Doi and Kensuke Harada + Herbert Wright
Iconic Rectangular Bayside Forms
M+ Museum _ Herzog & de Meuron

The Observatory, or the Architecture as Vision Machine
The Observatory, or the Architecture as Vision Machine _ MyungSeok Hyun
Climbing Angles to See Dunes
Tottori Takahama Café _ Kengo Kuma & Associates
Cantilevered Tubes with Views
Chuncheon Lakeside Observatory, Thousand Plateaus _ JangHwan Cheon + Emersys
Interview _ JangHwan Cheon + YuMi Hyun
Journey to a Mountain Vista
A Rest Station on a Mountaintop _ Jumping House Lab
From Wasteland to Community Apex
Barranca de San Marcos Tultepec Observatory _ Taller de Arquitectura Miguel Montor

Dwelling Now > House
Truly at Home in the Landscape
Truly at Home in the Landscape _ YuMi Hyun
Home for Solace with Nature
House on the Hill _ HW Studio
Earth-house Coils like a Snake
Chuzhi House _ Wallmakers
Carved beneath Ground
House and Restaurant _ Junya.Ishigami+Associates
Ishigami Takes a Heavy Turn _ Herbert Wright

Contextualizing the Community Library
Contextualizing the Community Library _ Herbert Wright
New Topography in Suburbia
Springdale Library & Komagata Maru Park _ RDH Architects
Floating Library Preserves Landscape
Animu Media Library _ Dominique Coulon & Associés
Interview _ Dominique Coulon + Herbert Wright
Library Transforms Dense Old Townscape
Charles Negre Media Library _ Ivry Serres Architecture + Beaudouin Architectes
Interview _ Laurent Beaudouin + Herbert Wright