"Research as a performative act in Architecture"
Research for Architecture Domain/RAD
Kyoto - Japan
Among
the global economical and social crisis, lack of critical discourse in
architecture and institutional criticism, overwhelming copy-paste design
projects inserted by corporate offices, pressure on the conditions of
immaterial and precarious labor on young architects lead to force the small
offices and young architects to create their own multiple design practices and a
new understanding in architecture. The forces of economical crisis that
influence the built environment, the difficulties of co-existence of small
offices and young architects, the consideration of criticality towards
institutional policies and mass architectural mainstream offices are some of
the urgent reasons that small offices search for new types of practices.
RAD
(Research Architecture Domain) established in 2008 by two architects in Kyoto;
and recently continues with three architects in a small office that is shared
by other cultural activists collectives. Through the obstacles, RAD pursues a collaborative
research based practices and searches for new ideas in architectural / design
practice as a discursive platform. RAD develops participatory projects, hosts
talks/discussions in their small office, new vision on preservation, share and
disseminates urban knowledge. Director of RAD Shinichi Kawakatsu explains their
practices and projects based in Kyoto.
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