a+u 659: Pezo von Ellrichshausen continues the journal's engagement with Mauricio Pezo and Sofía von Ellrichshausen, presenting 20 works that trace how painting and architecture collapse into a single, searching methodology.
About This Book
Twelve years after their first a+u monograph, Pezo von Ellrichshausen return with a body of work that refuses the boundary between the painted surface and the built one. The August issue of a+u gathers 20 projects that chart the duo's evolving concept of the "architectonic picture" — not a representation of architecture but a mode of seeing: contingent, sensory, and shaped by whoever occupies a given space at a given moment. Through geometric explorations that test the limits of the architectural surface, the work proposes that architecture is fundamentally unpredictable, inseparable from human self-perception. The paintings included are not illustrations but arguments — entry points into a practice where the conceptual and the sensual are inseparable.
Key Features
- 176 pages of project documentation, paintings, and critical writing on the intersection of painting and architecture
- 20 works showcasing the evolution of Pezo von Ellrichshausen's methodology and philosophy
- Published by Shinkenchiku-sha, 2025
What You'll Discover
- How Pezo von Ellrichshausen develop the "architectonic picture" as a conceptual tool rather than a representational convention
- The role of geometry in testing and extending the limits of the architectural surface across 20 works
- A framework for understanding architecture as contingent and experiential — shaped by the individual's self-perception within space and moment
- How the duo's painting practice functions as a parallel inquiry into architecture's sensual and conceptual dimensions
About the Author
Mauricio Pezo and Sofía von Ellrichshausen are the principals of Pezo von Ellrichshausen, a practice whose work operates across architecture and painting as intertwined disciplines. Their methodology, concerned with geometry, surface, and the philosophies of perception, was first surveyed in a+u in 2013 (no. 513).
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 176
- Dimensions: 220 x 290 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: [Details available upon request]
- Publisher: Shinkenchiku-sha
- Publication Date: 2025
Perfect For: Architects and designers engaged with the philosophy of space and surface, students of architectural theory, and those drawn to practices that work across painting and built form.