Therefore: Zemlja with Projekt V Arhitektura is a photographic and conversational study of a single architectural project — one the practice describes as an earth cave, an oasis, and a manifesto — examined through images that resist mere documentation and dialogue that resists easy affirmation.
About This Book
Therefore is an independent publication series by photographer Shantanu Starick built around a deceptively simple premise: dedicate each volume entirely to one project, and let photography and conversation do the work that conventional monographs rarely attempt. This volume turns its lens on Zemlja, a project by Slovenian practice Projekt V Arhitektura that its authors describe as intentionally different — an earth cave, an oasis, a built manifesto. Starick's photographs don't document so much as interrogate, and the edited conversations that accompany them make the design's underlying thinking available for genuine reflection. For practitioners and students interested in architectural photography, built environment theory, and the relationship between design intent and material reality, this is an unusually precise and considered object.
Key Features
- 104 pages of photographic studies and edited conversations focused on a single architectural project
- Photography and editorial by Shantanu Starick
- Features the Zemlja project by Projekt V Arhitektura
- Published by self-published
What You'll Discover
- A sustained photographic study of Zemlja — a project conceived as an earth cave and architectural manifesto — captured in its full material and spatial complexity
- Edited conversations with Projekt V Arhitektura that reveal the philosophy and intent behind the design, rather than merely narrating its features
- A methodology for engaging with architecture through images and dialogue that refuses the conventions of both journalism and promotional publication
- Projekt V Arhitektura's own framing of Zemlja as deliberately other — "intentionally different" — and what that resistance to normative architectural production looks like in practice
About the Author
Shantanu Starick is the creator of the Therefore series, an independently published ongoing body of work using photographic studies and edited conversations to examine built projects. Each volume in the series focuses on a single work, reflecting Starick's commitment to depth over breadth in architectural documentation.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 104
- Dimensions: 148 x 210 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: [Details available upon request]
- Publisher: Self-published
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects, architectural photographers, and design researchers interested in independent publishing, photographic methodologies, and the documentation of built work outside mainstream architectural media.