A.MAG 38: AFF Architekten maps the thinking of a Berlin- and Lausanne-based practice whose architecture treats buildings as objects in dialogue with their surroundings — disciplined in analysis, open to reinvention, and resolutely opposed to the predictable.
About This Book
AFF Architekten occupies a distinctive position in contemporary European architecture: rigorously attentive to existing buildings and inherited typologies, yet unwilling to be constrained by them. This monograph in the A.MAG series documents a practice whose design process begins with observation — of context, function, tradition — before evolving fluidly toward outcomes that challenge convention. Rather than imposing a fixed formal language, AFF allows ideas to emerge from careful reading of each project's conditions. The result is an architecture that is simultaneously grounded and restless, familiar in reference yet precise in its departures. Essential reading for those interested in contemporary European practice, adaptive reuse, and the relationship between architectural typology and urban context.
Key Features
- 208 pages of project documentation, drawings, and critical writing on AFF Architekten's architecture and planning work
- Published by A.Mag, ISBN 9789893602638
What You'll Discover
- How AFF reads the object-like quality of a building in relation to its immediate surroundings and programme
- The practice's method of identifying what is singular about existing structures and traditions before pushing beyond them
- A design process that resists predetermination — shaped by analysis and observation, evolving project by project
- How contemporary needs are addressed through the reinterpretation of established architectural forms and typologies rather than their rejection
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 208
- Dimensions: 240 x 320 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789893602638
- Publisher: A.Mag
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and students with an interest in contemporary European practice, typological research, and the critical reinterpretation of existing built forms.