Issue 9
We live in a world where everything—politics, economy, ecology, society and culture—is strongly connected. They create the apparent and illusive networks that shape our cities and the way we experience them. We explore some of them, whether physical or virtual, formal and informal, to understand their possibilities and power in our lives.
Issue introduction by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Essay by Paddy Harrington, creative director for Bruce Mau Design
Ethel Baraona Pohl and Cesar Reyes from dpr-barcelona interview Beatriz Colomina
Network Reset competition organized by MAS Studio and the Chicago Architectural Club
Essay by architect Ioanna Angelidou
Essay by Bruce G. Moffat
Project by Nick Axel
Iker Gil interviews Sarah Rich and Nicola Twilley
Networks of Architecture: Keedoozle and Walmart
Essay by architect Jesse LeCavalier
Photographs by Cecilia Galera and Marc Goodman
A Village by the SEZ: The Dafen Sample of China’s Urbanization
Essay by designer, editor, and critic Jiang Jun, with photography by Yu Haibo