Atelier Olschinsky is a creative studio based in Vienna, Austria. Peter Olschinsky and Verena Weiss are operating in various fields such as graphic design, illustration, photography and art direction.
”… we can easily define the Metropol Parasol as a “project of the crisis,” as it represents all the issues that people are complaining about now, but at the same time, while appropriated by citizens, it represents a ‘center of resistance’: a sort of physical manifestation of social indignation and reaction.”
Our article for MAS Context ABERRATION
“I like to think of “Dysfunctional Landmarks” and “Hotel Troya” as high resolution architectural machinima. These are works that talk about the promiscuity of genres and typologies, the closeness between the monumental and the monstrous, the anomalous attraction, scale as an aberration, representation as a trap and function as a nightmare.”
Emilio López-Galiacho on MAS Context ABERRATION
If firmness, utility, and delight are the enduring pinnacles of architectural achievement, then it would appear architecture’s moral destiny is a foregone conclusion. But is it possible that opportunities for valuable cultural insight are being lost out of deference to this legacy? We examine forces, trends, and ideas that enhance the significance of the built environment despite, or due to, their deviant nature.
The twelfth issue of the quarterly design journal MAS Context, ABERRATION, is already out. Contributions by Atelier Olschinsky, Nick Axel, Ethel Baraona Pohl, Vladimir Belogolovsky, Michael Chen, formlessfinder, The Freise Brothers, Iker Gil, Tom Keeley, Emilio López-Galiacho, Jürgen Mayer H., Antonio Rull, Paul Shepheard, John Szot, Lebbeus Woods and Luis Urculo who is also the cover designer.
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(Cover image by Josef Schulz)
The urban conditions around us are constantly changing. With a faster or slower SPEED, the built environment is transformed as it does the way we experience and engage with it. In this issue we will be looking at the pace in which physical and social changes happen and the consequences and opportunities available.
The eleventh issue of the quarterly design journal MAS Context, SPEED, is already out. Contributors to this issue include Andrew Bush, Brendan Crain, Candy Chang, Michael Chrisman, Andrew Clark, André Corrêa, Design With Company, Ensamble Studio, José María Ezquiaga, Iker Gil, Juan Herreros, Stephen Killion, Camilla Nielsson, Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Troy Conrad Therrien and Josef Schulz who is the guest cover designer./via mas-studio
