TEMPO
TEMPO seems to be the mantra of modern business and living. Keeping up or setting the pace has become a dominating performance criteria. At Cembrit we would, as always, like to challenge you; drop down a gear and cruise through a scenic architectural landscape in the company of fellow European peers who interpret TEMPO as everything from burning rubber, spinning the merry-go-round or going back to the classical virtues in architecture.
Tempo in modern architecture
In the introduction essay of Issue 3, David Staretz breaks with speed and time pressure. How does this influence architecture? Perhaps to establish some reassurance in the architectural space.
Architects like hasty living, of this we are fully convinced after a journey with Carlo Baumschlager and an Austrian Superbike RC8 ride through the Bregenzer Wald taught us the true meaning of the word “speed”. Moreover, this issue takes a long hard look at the travel habits of well-know architects in order to discover how many miles they have travelled on their frequent flyer cards during the last year.
When speed is understood as miles per hour, then, taking the long history of fibre-cement into account, an interview with Fritz Hatchek, the grand-son of the “Eternit”-founder cannot be left out. In the interview with Dietmar Steiner, Mr Hatchek explains his whole-hearted devotion to ensuring the well-being of the Austrian “Eternit”-factory.
This summer, the architect Laurids Ortner – active in both Germany and Austria – opened the doors to his timeless life in his “Viennese Loft”. Also in Oslo, life is slightly hectic: The Norwegians Jensen & Skodvin teach all the admirers of spectacular forms that indeed the building site is of primary importance. Sicily is the centre of our “Elsewhere” story, closing in on modern architecture in this traditional Mediterranean island.
Fibre cement at full throttle
As always, also this Issue presents interesting architectural projects in which fibre-cement facades, roofing or cladding play a significant role. Among other things, this covers buildings by Arkitektbyran (Sweden), ARTEC (Austria), David Baker (the US), Hertl Architekten (Austria), Mladen Jadric (Austria), Neumann & Partner (Austria), KHR (Denmark), White Architects (Sweden), Vera Yanovshtchinsky (the Netherlands) and Rene van Zuuk (the Netherlands).
91° is issued twice a year by Birkhäuser Verlag and is a co-creation between Cembrit Holding A/S and Eternit-Werke Ludwig Hatschek AG. You can visit the the magazines homepage at www.91degrees.eu where the earlier issues will be available for purchase in a limited amount.