Book presentation: Luc Deleu - T.O.P. office: Orban Space
Friday 30 November 2012, 5 pm
Location: Hogewal 1-9, The Hague
With an introduction by Wouter Davidts and a lecture by Mark Pimlott*
Also a book signing by Luc Deleu/T.O.P. office
Since founding T.O.P. office in the 1970s, the Belgian architect and artist Luc Deleu has been working on a critical, sociological and ecological approach to urbanism that he has named ‘orbanism': an eco-centric global urbanism that has anticipated such contemporary concerns as environmental pollution, overpopulation, food production and the conflict between the individual and the community.
The publication Luc Deleu - T.O.P. office: Orban Space (published by Valiz, book and cultural projects traces Deleu's work and practice through a conceptual topography defined by seven terms: architecture, imitation, depiction, sculpture, scale, mobility and manifesto. Each term will be dealt with in a critical text and visual essay by seven authors and seven artists. Early next year there will be an exhibition on Luc Deleu at Stroom Den Haag:
Orban Space: The Work & Practice of Luc Deleu - T.O.P. office
20 January - 24 March 2013
Editors: Wouter Davidts, Guy Châtel, Stefaan Vervoort.
Tekst:
John Macarthur, Maarten Delbeke, Stefaan Vervoort, Felicity D. Scott,
Wouter Davidts, Teresa Stoppani, Guy Châtel, Marjolijn Dijkman, UP
(Koenraad Dedobbeleer & Kris Kimpe), Manfred Pernice, Luc Deleu,
Kersten Geers, Metahaven, Aglaia Konrad.
Graphic design: Metahaven
Paperback, 432 pages, 24 x 17 cm (h x w)
Language: English
* Artist/designer Mark Pimlott is assistent professor architectural design (interior) at TU Delft (NL).
- Friday 30 Nov '12 5 pm
- Hogewal 1-9, The Hague
- Entrance: free
photo: Graphic design: Metahaven
photo: graphic design: Metahaven
photo: Graphic design: Metahaven
photo: Graphic design: Metahaven
photo: Graphic design: Metahaven
photo: graphic design: Metahaven
photo: graphic design: Metahaven
photo: graphic design: Metahaven
photo: Graphic design: Metahaven