Imagine Architecture: Artistic Visions of the Urban Realm

Urban space is always a mirror of the creative arts. Imagine Architecture examines the question of how visual culture is created through public space and how it influences it again after it has been created. The book deals with the interplay between visual culture and architecture and continues the thematic discussion that began in the book Beyond Architecture. Imagine Architecture brings together experimental projects and artistic positions from the fields of illustration, painting, collage, sculpture, photography, installation and design. A young generation of creative people sees urban space as the starting point for their work. When illustrators, sculptors or photographers deal with architecture, the standards of spatial theory are no longer valid for their art. They use buildings as a medium for their ideas, breaking with norms and creating a new feeling of tension. Whether sculptures that only arise in the context of buildings or street art that influences architecture in its form and color - all works interpret and reflect space in their own very own way. The visionary concepts make it possible to playfully expand the definition of architecture. The arts have the potential to recharge public life and drive the transformation of the city. Imagine Architecture shows works of art that allow themselves to playfully intervene in architecture and experiment with it. As a current exhibition of visual culture, the book is aimed not only at architects, but at everyone who sees architecture as a projection surface and source of inspiration.