Issues

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Information

Issue 7
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Meaningful Information

Issue introduction by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue information the architecture of information 01

The Architecture of Information

Information compiled by MAS Context
Mas issue information photography information and meaning 01

Photography, Information, and Meaning

Essay by Jörg M. Colberg, editor and founder of Conscientious, a website dedicated to contemporary fine-art photography
Mas issue information and the reluctant image 01

Information and the Reluctant Image

Iker Gil interviews artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle
Mas issue information overload 01

It’s Not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure

Clay Shirky explains the challenge of the always evolving information: the filtering process
Mas issue information making visible the invisible 01

Making Visible the Invisible

Iker Gil interviews interactive media artist George Legrady
Mas issue information depicting patterns 01

Depicting Patterns

Visualizations by Aaron Koblin, artist and technology lead of Google’s Creative Lab
Mas issue information intuitive design 01

Intuitive Design

Andrew Clark and Iker Gil interview Naoto Fukasawa on the occasion of his lecture and exhibition in Chicago hosted by Luminaire
Mas issue information the data city 07

The Data City

Essay by Richard Prouty, writer and author of the blog One-Way Street
Mas issue information lines of reading 05

Lines of Reading

Artwork by Jack Henrie Fisher, graphic designer and design research at Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht, The Netherlands
Mas issue information discontented 01

Discontented, or the Pursuit of Content in a Format Age

Essay by Mimi Zeiger, writer and founder of the architecture zine and blog loud paper
Mas issue information architectural discourse 01

Spaces for Architectural Discourse and the Unceasing Labor of Blogging

Essay by Javier Arbona, writer and PhD candidate in geography with a background in architecture and urbanism
Mas issue information identity 13

Identity

Artwork and text by artist Nick Gentry
Mas issue improbable dissolving the city 04

Dissolving the City: Preliminary Notes on Spatial Ideologies of Information and Communication Technologies

Essay by Ali Fard
Mas issue speed looking for a theory of real time knowledge 01

Looking for a Theory of Real-Time Knowledge

Essay by Troy Conrad Therrien, founding partner in the creative curational agency TH-EY, and chief architect, cloud communication at Columbia University’s GSAPP
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White House 2.0

Text and project by Arielle Assouline-Lichten & Wayne Congar of the think-tank lab/RAD
Mas issue bilbao bilbaos strategic evolution 01

Bilbao’s Strategic Evolution: The Metamorphosis of the Industrial City

Essay by Ibon Areso
Mas issue bilbao three key organizations 01

Three Key Organizations: Bilbao Metrópoli 30, BILBAO Ría 2000, and the Bilbao Bizkaia Water Consortium

Text by Iker Gil
Mas issue aberration immanent cartography 01

Immanent Cartography

Essay and photographs by Nick Axel
Mas issue more want more 01

Want More?

MAS Context wanted MORE and collected a list of 100.
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Jason = More

Iker Gil interviews Jason Pickleman
Mas issue bilbao building the symbol of a remarkable transformation 01

Building the Symbol of a Remarkable Transformation

Iker Gil interviews John Zils
Mas issue events embt goes east 01

EMBT Goes East

Mateu Baylina and Xavi Ayala interview Benedetta Tagliabue
Mas issue surveillance the traveller 01

The Traveller

Project by Jens Sundheim and Bernhard Reuss
Mas issue ownership where do good ideas come from 01

Where Do Good Ideas Come From?

Essay by Benjamin Brichta, the Network Architecture Lab, an experimental unit at the Columbia University GSAPP directed by Kazys Varnelis
Mas issue communication sound life 01

A Sound Life

Iker Gil interviews movie sound designer Oriol Tarragó
Mas issue visibility visual complexity 01

Visual Complexity

Iker Gil and Andrew Clark interview Manuel Lima
Mas issue trace 24 COA 01

24COA: A Visual Score

Project developed as part of the Pen & Bow workshop at Georgia Tech’s College of Architecture led by Andrew Ruff. Visual score interpreted by ETHEL.
Mas issue repetition harlem time tracker 01

Harlem Time Tracker

Text and photographs by Camilo José Vergara
Mas issue repetition utopias in the gaps 01

Utopias in the Gaps

Essay by Sergio Lopez-Pineiro with projects by Holes of Matter
Mas issue surveillance in the news 01

Surveillance in the News

A selection of quotes on surveillance from the news.
Mas issue surveillance the street as platform 01

The Street as Platform

Essay by Dan Hill, Executive Director of Futures at the UK’s Future Cities Catapult
Mas issue surveillance manifesto for cctv filmmakers 01

Manifesto for CCTV Filmmakers

THE FILMMAKER AS SYMBIONT: opportunistic infections of the surveillance apparatus
Mas issue surveillance what does big brother see while he is watching 01

What Does Big Brother See, While He is Watching? A Look at the Secret Stasi Archives

Iker Gil interviews Simon Menner
Mas issue surveillance materiality of deletion 01

Materiality of Deletion

Essay by Christo de Klerk
Mas issue ordinary designing for other things to happen 08

Designing for Other Things to Happen

Essay by Rojkind Arquitectos
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Drawings, Storytelling, and Subjectivity

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context
Mas issue hidden archipelagos of detritus 01

Archipelagos of Detritus: The Need for a Theory on Spatial Waste

Essay by Sergio Lopez-Pineiro
Mas issue debate room at the top 05

Room at the Top? Sexism and the Star System in Architecture

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas issue university works discussing university works 01

Discussing University Works

A conversation between Andrew Clark, Judith De Jong, Alexander Eisenschimdt, Iker Gil, Jimenez Lai, Paul Preissner, Juan Manuel Rois, and Karla Sierralta
Mas issue bold late entry to the chicago public library competition 01

Late Entry to the Chicago Public Library Competition

Project by Design With Company
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Surveillance

Issue 22
Mas issue visibility cover opening

Visibility

Issue 15
Mas issue communication cover opening

Communication

Issue 14
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What Kind of Vigilante Are You?

Issue statement by Iker Gil, editor in chief of MAS Context

Events

Mas event 2014 molly wright steenson 01

Molly Wright Steenson: Architectures of Information

MAS Context Fall Talks 2014
Mas event 2024 welcome to tribuneville 01

Welcome to Tribuneville: An Imaginary Vision of an Old Chicago That Could Have Been

MAS Context Spring Talks 2024
Mas event 2022 the area 04

The Area

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2022 the area 03

The Area panel discussion

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2023 periphery 01

Periphery

Exhibition
Mas event 2018 harry seidler modernist 05

Harry Seidler at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2023
Mas event 2023 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2023

MAS Context Fall Talks 2023
Mas event 2016 new aging 01

New Aging with Matthias Hollwich and Wojtek Chodzko-Zajko

MAS Context Fall Talks 2016
Mas event 2017 analog 01

Analog 2017

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2016 analog identity 01

Analog 2016

MAS Context Spring Talks 2016
Mas event 2015 chatter architecture talks back 01

Chatter: Architecture Talks Back

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2015 mas context los angeles bmd 01

MAS Context x Los Angeles x BMD

MAS Context Spring Talks 2015
Mas event 2019 marita gomis la ricarda 01

Marita Gomis: La Ricarda

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2022 shaping our built environment 01

Shaping Our Built Environment: Documenting, Analyzing, and Celebrating Women’s Contributions to the Built Environment in Spain and Illinois

MAS Context Spring Talks 2022
Mas events 2021 modernism as character nathan eddy 01

Modernism as Character: Nathan Eddy

MAS Context Fall Talks 2021
Mas event 2021 natalie de blois 01

Natalie de Blois at 100

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event nighttime as a unique territory 01

Nighttime as a Unique Territory

MAS Context Spring Talks 2021
Mas event 2020 uppland panel discussion 01

Uppland panel discussion

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2020 uppland film screening 01

Uppland

MAS Context Fall Talks 2020
Mas event 2019 tracing traces 14

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2019

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2017 john szot 01

John Szot: Mass Market Alternatives

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017
Mas event 2019 la ricarda an architectural and cultural project 01

La Ricarda: An Architectural and Cultural Project

MAS Context Fall Talks 2019
Mas event 2022 tracing traces 01

Tracing / Traces: Architecture and the Archive 2022

MAS Context Fall Talks 2022
Mas event 2018 agency 01

AGENCY: Undercurrents

MAS Context Fall Talks 2018
Mas event 2018 couplings 01

Couplings 2018

MAS Context Spring Talks 2018
Mas event 2017 20th anniversary guggenheim som 02

Celebrating 20 years of the Guggenheim Bilbao

MAS Context Fall Talks 2017

Observations

Mas observations 2021 nancy abshire lifetime award 01

2021 Chicago Women in Architecture Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award: Nancy A. Abshire

Presentation by architect Nancy Abshire
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Spontaneous Uses

Text and drawings by SIAA with photography by Lauro Rocha
Mas observations 2021 helmut jahn 1940 2021 01

Helmut Jahn (1940-2021)

Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his work
Mas observations 2021 architectures offering to academe 01

Studio: Architecture’s Offering to Academe

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2021 only girl architect only 01

Only Girl Architect Lonely

Essay by Susan King
Mas observations 2020 contributions of the basque exile to mexican architecture 01

Contributions of the Basque Exile to Mexican Architecture

Essay by Juan Ignacio del Cueto Ruiz-Funes
Mas observations 2020 twelve cautionary urban tales 01

Twelve Cautionary Urban Tales

Text by Ethel Baraona Pohl
Mas observations 2019 jose miguel de prada poole 01

José Miguel de Prada Poole and the Perishable Architecture of Soap Bubbles

Essay by Antonio Cobo
Mas observations 2019 en medio super servicio lomas 01

En-Medio: Súper Servicio Lomas

Text and interview by Departamento del Distrito (Francisco Quiñones & Nathan Friedman)
Mas observations 2019 la ricarda a work in progress 01

La Ricarda: A Work in Progress

Essay by Fernando Alvarez and Jordi Roig
Mas event 2015 jnl graphic design 01

JNL Graphic Design: Celebrating a Studio that Sculpted the Visual and Cultural Landscape of Chicago and Beyond

Celebrating the work of JNL Graphic Design
Mas observations 2023 the passion tax is history 01

The “Passion Tax” is History

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas context observations 2023 hanover and over again 01

Hanover and Over Again!

Essay by Jason Griffiths
Mas observations 2024 urban archaeology lost buildings of st louis 01

Urban Archaeology: Lost Buildings of St. Louis

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 urban exploration as creative practice 01

Urban Exploration as Creative Practice

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 five bay landscapes saginaw bay 13

Five Bay Landscapes: Saginaw Bay

Essay by Sean Burkholder and Karen Lutsky
Mas observations 2024 the century and consumers buildings 01

The Century and Consumers Buildings: Their Complicated Saga and the Precedent They Might Set

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2024 sentinels iron portals of chicagoland 03

Sentinels: Iron Portals of Chicagoland

Project by Cédric Van Parys
Mas observations 2022 the super roof at 50 michael zimmermann 01

The Super Roof Turns 50

Iker Gil and William Baker interview Rudolph Bergermann and Knut Göppert
Mas observations 2022 exact dutch yellow 01

What, Exactly, is Exact Dutch Yellow?

Text by Marin R. Sullivan
Mas observations 2022 betty blum 01

Betty Blum (1931–2022)

Architects and colleagues remember Betty Blum
Mas observations 2022 sainsbury wing 01

Sainsbury Wing: Objection from Denise Scott Brown

Text by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2023 1 1 2 01

1 + 1 > 2: Letter to Biljana, Notes to Frida

Essay by Denise Scott Brown
Mas observations 2023 chicago school closures 10 years later anthony overton incubator 01

Chicago School Closures: Ten Years Later

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 som computer group 06

SOM’s Computer Group: Narratives of Women in Early Architectural Computing

Essay by Shelby Doyle and Nick Senske
Mas observations 2023 baxter international and corporate campus architecture baxter 01

Baxter International and Corporate Campus Architecture: Chicagoland’s Technological Architecture Under Threat

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 from resources to rubble eric allix rogers 01

From Resources to Rubble: Evaluating Chicago’s Demolition Delay Ordinance in its Twentieth Year

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
Mas observations 2023 griot germane barnes venice biennale 01

Griot, Storytelling, and the Manipulation of History

Iker Gil interviews Germane Barnes
Mas observations 2023 gertrude lempp kerbis 01

Gertrude Lempp Kerbis: A Career of Determination, Problem Solving, and Proactivity

Monthly column by Elizabeth Blasius
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Where the Sky Meets the Earth

Text and photographs of Structures of Landscape in Tippet Rise by James Florio

News

Mas news 2011 the richard h driehaus grant 01

The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation grant for MAS Context

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Luis Mendo presents the Tokyo issue during Pecha Kucha Night Vol. 122

Mas news 2014 ordinary cover 05

Ordinary Cover

Mas news 2014 fall talks cover

MAS Context 2014 Fall Talks

Mas news 2014 iker gil presents at aia convention 01

Iker Gil presents at AIA Convention

Mas news 2012 mas context in archizines exhibition at storefront 01

MAS Context in Archizines Exhibition at Storefront

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MAS Context Featured in Polis

Mas news 2012 mas context in archizines exhibition in milan 01

MAS Context in Archizines Exhibition in Milan

Mas issue aberration architecture without idealism 13

MAS Context Collaborates with John Szot Studio

Mas news 2011 mas context in archizines 01

MAS Context in Archizines

Mas event 2023 there is room 06

MAS Context 2023 Fall Talks

Mas context news 2023 mas context partners with the 2023 chicago architecture biennial 01

MAS Context partners with the 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial

Mas news 2024 outpost office concentrico headshot

MAS Context supports Outpost Office’s installation during Concéntrico 10

Mas event 2024 the japanese house since 1945 schweikher house 01

MAS Context 2024 Spring Talks

Mas observations 2019 jose miguel de prada poole 12

MAS Context receives a 2022 Graham Foundation grant

Mas news 2023 design with company concentrico headshot

MAS Context supports Design With Company’s installation during Concéntrico 09

Mas event 2023 periphery 01

MAS Context 2023 Spring Talks

Mas event 2023 stone wall stand in 04

MAS Context receives a 2023 The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation grant

Mas event 2022 1972 accumulations 01

MAS Context 2022 Fall Talks

Mas shop 2021 nocturnal landscapes cover 01

Centre régional de la photographie Hauts-de-France acquires Nocturnal Landscapes

Mas shop 2021 radical logic deluxe prints 03

Lecture by James Florio on the making of Radical Logic

Mas news 2021 architecture book fair 01

MAS Context participates in the Architecture Book Fair

Mas event 2021 medium matters 01

MAS Context 2021 Fall Talks

Mas shop 2021 radical logic cover 01

MAS Context launches its new book Radical Logic: On the Work of Ensamble Studio

Mas event 2021 domestic exploration ardmore columbus 04

MAS Context 2021 Spring Talks

Mas news 2019 mas context partners with the 2019 cab 01

MAS Context partners with the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial

Mas event 2019 marita gomis la ricarda 04

MAS Context 2019 Fall Talks

Mas event 2019 tobias armborst 01

MAS Context 2019 Spring Talks

Mas event 2018 alexandra lange 07

MAS Context 2018 Fall Talks

Mas news 2017 mas context partners with the 2019 cab 02

MAS Context partners with the 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial

Mas news 2017 mas context included in a print 01

MAS Context included in A PRINT

Mas issue bilbao words desires and memories 01

MAS Context receives a 2016 Graham Foundation grant

Mas news 2016 mas context dpr barcelona una revolucion de formas book 02

MAS Context collaborates with dpr-barcelona on Una Revolución de Formas book

Mas news 2015 mas context partners with the 2015 cab 01

MAS Context partners with the 2015 Chicago Architecture Biennial

Mas issue hidden exploring the physicality of the tunnel and reservoir plan 01

MAS Context receives a 2015 Graham Foundation grant

Mas news 2015 mas context in archizines exhibition in moscow 01

MAS Context in Archizines Exhibition in Moscow