WAI Architecture Think Tank explained

WAI Architecture Think Tank
Architects:Cruz García, Nathalie Frankowski
City:Beijing
Founded:2008
Significant Publications:Pure Hardcore Icons: A Manifesto on Pure Form in Architecture

WAI Architecture Think Tank or WAI Think Tank is an architectural practice based in Beijing that was founded in Brussels in 2008 by Cruz García and Nathalie Frankowski.[1] [2] [3]

Background

After founding WAI Architecture Think Tank in 2008, Cruz García and Nathalie Frankowski relocated their practice to Beijing in 2009.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Buildings and Books

WAI Architecture Think Tank has been selected as finalist in several museum design competitions, including the shortlisted design for the National Centre for Contemporary Arts, in Moscow, Russia and the Museum of Gardens in Suzhou.[9] [10] Since 2011 WAI Architecture Think Tank publishes an independent architecture and urbanism magazine titled What About It? [11] In 2013 they wrote, designed and published the book Pure Hardcore Icons: A Manifesto on Pure Form in Architecture.[12] [13] In 2014 Pure Hardcore Icons was translated into German and published by the quarterly magazine ARCH+.[14]

Since 2008 WAI Architecture Think Tank founders Cruz García and Nathalie Frankowski have been collaborating on the art collective Garcia Frankowski, creating exhibitions, curatorial projects and publications including the book Shapes, Islands, Texts: A Garcia Frankowski Manifesto.[15] [16] [17]

Several manifestoes (Architecture and Art manifesto)and essays of WAI Architecture Think Tank have been translated into Spanish, Chinese, German, Arabic and Portuguese. The work of WAI Think Tank has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Kunst-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, the Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art in Manchester and in St. Petersburg, Moscow, New York, Los Angeles, Columbus, Chicago, Michigan, Barcelona, Madrid, Bratislava, Buenos Aires, Zurich, Basel, San Juan, Montevideo, Guadalajara, London, Manchester Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Osaka, Milan, Venice, Istanbul, Prague, Helsinki, Paris, Zurich, Sydney, Melbourne, Lisbon and Porto.[18] [19]

WAI Architecture Think Tank is one of the participants of the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial.[20] [21]

Publications

Exhibitions

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Diseño Urbano desde China: Lleno de Proyectos, el arquitecto Cruz García habla sobre su experiencia en Oriente. El Nuevo Día. Rivera Esquilín, Eileen. 19 November 2011. 18 October 2013.
  2. Web site: Alvarez, Paula. Entrevista a Garcia Frankowski: Formas Critica y Autonomia. Arqa. 26 August 2013. 20 October 2013.
  3. Web site: Alvarez, Paula. Space Matters: Garcia Frankowski Interview . Vibok Works. 12 August 2013. 20 October 2013.
  4. News: Diseño Urbano desde China: Lleno de Proyectos, el arquitecto Cruz García habla sobre su experiencia en Oriente. El Nuevo Día. Rivera Esquilín, Eileen. 19 November 2011. 18 October 2013.
  5. Web site: Alvarez, Paula. On Manifestos, form, criticism and autonomy: Interview with Garcia Frankowski. Book-A.net. 5 August 2013. 20 October 2013.
  6. Web site: Ponce Ruiz, Luis. Cruce y Cruz: Entrevista en Tres Partes al Arq. Cruz García (parte 1). Revista Cruce. 2012. 20 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131011121659/http://revistacruce.com/politica-sociedad/cruce-y-cruz-entrevista-en-tres-partes-al-arq-cruz-garcia-parte-1.html. 11 October 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  7. Web site: Ponce Ruiz, Luis. Cruce y Cruz: Entrevista en Tres Partes al Arq. Cruz García (parte 2). Revista Cruce. 2012. 20 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131206145400/http://revistacruce.com/politica-sociedad/cruce-y-cruz-entrevista-en-tres-partes-al-arq-cruz-garcia-parte-2.html. 6 December 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  8. Web site: Ponce Ruiz, Luis . Cruce y Cruz: Entrevista en Tres Partes al Arq. Cruz García (parte 3) . Revista Cruce . 2012 . 20 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131206150716/http://revistacruce.com/politica-sociedad/cruce-y-cruz-entrevista-en-tres-partes-al-arq-cruz-garcia-parte-3.html . December 6, 2013 .
  9. Web site: Russia's NCCA Releases a Shortlist for its new Building. Baibakova Art Projects. 26 August 2013. 3 October 2013.
  10. Web site: Furth, DJ . WAI Architecture Shortlisted for Moscow NCCA. Creative Hunt. 27 January 2014. 3 October 2014.
  11. Web site: Cormier, Brendan. DIY Publishing: An Interview with What About It?. The Popup City. 17 March 2011. 28 March 2011.
  12. Book: Cruz García, Nathalie Frankowski . Pure Hardcore Icons: A Manifesto on Pure Form in Architecture . Artifice Books on Architecture . 978-1-908967-39-8 . 2013.
  13. Rellensmann, Luise . Bücher im BauNetz: Pure Hardcore Icons: A Manifesto on Pure Form on Architecture . BauNetz. 10 March 2014. 15 June 2014.
  14. ARCH+ 215: Hardcore-Architektur 2 - Politik versus Form . ARCH+. 18 March 2014. 20 October 2014.
  15. Book: Cruz García, Nathalie Frankowski . Shapes, Islands, Texts: A Garcia Frankowski Manifesto . Vibok Works . 978-84-941464-7-3 . 2013.
  16. Web site: Alvarez, Paula. On Manifestos, form, criticism and autonomy: Interview with Garcia Frankowski. Book-A.net. 5 August 2013. 20 October 2013.
  17. Web site: Alvarez, Paula. Entrevista a Garcia Frankowski: Formas Critica y Autonomia. Arqa. 26 August 2013. 20 October 2013.
  18. Diaz, Carmen: Por Dentro: El Vigor Tiene forma, in: El Nuevo Día Newspaper, 18 Jan. 2014, pp. 6-9
  19. Dreyer, Jacob. What About It?. LifeStyle . 10 November 2014. 20 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141209113334/http://www.lifestylecn.com/what-about-it/. 9 December 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  20. Web site: Chicago Architecture Biennial. Chicago Architecture Biennial. e-flux. 25 May 2015. 20 June 2015.
  21. Binlot, Ann. Inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial Announces Participants. Forbes. 14 April 2015. 15 June 2015.
  22. Arch+ . ARCH+ displays: Room of Manifestoes. Arch+. 12 May 2015. 20 May 2015.
  23. Web site: Culp, Samantha . China's Top Design Talent Descends on Beijing. New York Times T Magazine Blog. 26 September 2014. 20 October 2014.
  24. Web site: Culp, Samantha . China's Top Design Talent Descends on Beijing. New York Times T Magazine Blog. 26 September 2014. 20 October 2014.
  25. Web site: Kuan, Cindy. Archizines Global Exhibit: Now in Shanghai. Creative Hunt. 26 September 2014. 20 October 2014.
  26. Web site: CFCCA Archive: The Voice Currency. Centre for Contemporary Chinese Art. 10 November 2014.
  27. Web site: 'Cut 'n' Paste: From Architectural Assemblage to Collage City'. Museum of Modern Art. 12 November 2013.
  28. Web site: Archizines. Vitra Design Museum. 12 November 2013.
  29. Web site: Archizines /. Storefront for Art and Architecture. 12 November 2013.
  30. Web site: University of Puerto Rico. ACSA. 14 November 2013.
  31. Web site: WAI Architecture: What About It. Designboom. 12 November 2013. 2011-09-14.
  32. Web site: Archizines. Architectural Association. 10 November 2013.
  33. Web site: POST POST POST Nueva Arquitectura Iberoamericana. CCEBA. 10 October 2013.
  34. Web site: Unplanned: Research and Experiments at the Urban Scale. Superfront. 8 October 2013.

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