Protocol No. 14

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Product information "Protocol No. 14"

Publisher: Publishing house of the Berlin University of the Arts
Year of publication: 2024

Protocol is an interdisciplinary and independent platform for current architectural discourse - based on the concept of architecture in context. The independent student magazine was initiated and edited by students of the Architecture programme at Berlin University of the Arts. As a self-organised publication project by students, Protocol aims to expand common ways of looking at architecture. With the Call for Contributions, the editorial team specifies a topic for each new issue, which can be freely edited by all interested parties.

The 14th issue deals with the topic of "Nonconformist architectural practice".

Where conformity - agreement with the norm, the majority opinion, business as usual - ends, things get uncomfortable: where actors offend, where they question the norms of a social, political or even technical context, they are confronted with hardship, hardship and resistance. We therefore conform not only because of external pressure, but also out of an inner need to belong. Non-conformity, on the other hand, is formed from independent decisions that deviate from the majority opinion. And the majority opinion in the construction industry is the market. The architectural discourse is subject to the changing tides: What was once non-conformist has long since lost its prefix and is now once again conforming to form or standards. Within a tired discipline that is constantly trying to reinvent itself, non-conformity can also be a protest against wasteful renewal. Anything that does not fit into the standardised pigeonholes from which we repeatedly pull out the same worn-out references. The contributions are characterised by a critical awareness, a process of rethinking and a motivating drive. The appeal of reading about doing things differently and thinking differently always lies in the speculation about the future. Can the strategies presented be applied in similar contexts? We hope that the contributions will encourage practical application and serve as references for further thinking in our crisis-ridden discipline.

Editors: Joanna von Essen, Anton Graßl, Leonie Hartung, Franka Matthes, Sarah Silbernagel, Jakob Stadtmüller, Olivier Therrien

Graphics: Josephine M. Aymar, Annika Kiefer, Stefanie Messner, Paul Pacher