G1710 is the result of a cooperation between our architecture office, two artists, a critic and a graphic designer.0This book contains four contributions.0The first contribution is a text written by architecture critic Maarten Van Den Driessche about the work of GAFPA of the last ten years. The second contribution contains pictures of our studio made by Aglaia Konrad including fragments of the making process. The third contribution is from Bert Huyghe. As a painter he contributed a text, illustrated by some of his paintings. The fourth contribution is a selection of research done over the past three years by students in the PRIMARY STRUCTURE studio which we teach with Olivier Goethals at the KU Leuven Faculty of architecture Ghent. Printed from the blog primarystructure.net.0The work of GAFPA runs throughout the blind pages of this publication.

7 Colossal Cacti. Brought to life during Coachella Festival by architecture studio Office Kovacs et photographer Phil Donahue. The aim was to provide shade and a place to rest or to rendez-vous for festival goers while also providing a backdrop that was reminiscent of a skyline, a skyline of cacti. The play of scale and size, the use of ubiquitous and recognizable shapes, of found objects and playful colors composed in a playful way, are themes that often occur in Office Kovacs' projects. The mission is to not bring people to architecture, but rather to bring architecture to the people. This attitude runs through everything they design. (Excerpts from an article by Shane Reiner-Roth on Architect.).

This catalogue documents both the artworks and the almost 300 books on view at an eponymous exhibition at the Mechelen Cultural Centre. Featuring works by Jan Kempenaers, Kasper Andreasen, Aglaia Konrad, Ria Pacquée, Simon Popper, Mitja Tušek, and more, the artistic positions are set against an exhibition design conceived by Kris Kimpe and Koenraad Dedobbeleer, a kind of communal archive that systematically displays a selection of contemporary artists' books. The works closely relate to the codex of the book as a medium for artistic expression, as well as to the different gestures of reproduction that are representative of artists working in various media.

Images In Transition raises questions about the technologies of image making and image transmission, the notion of truth in journalism, and the role of propaganda in news photography.

'Upgrade' breathes new life into forgotten architecture. Past structures are consciously preserved and revamped, expanded and altered, to create something exciting and enticing. 'Upgrade' explores architectural and design concepts that seek to enhance and repurpose our surroundings, from slight changes to complete renovations. Extensions upon a rooftop. Factories turned into relaxing retreats. Wood additions contrasting with antique brick exteriors. Through engaging anecdotes and inspiriting images, 'Upgrade' provides vibrant exemplars and enthusiasm for revamping existing spaces. Repurposing the unused: be it an empty chapel that becomes an inviting writer's nook or a rotten barn converted into a cozy living space for a small family. The projects illustrate the possibility of adding a touch of the new to the old: farmhouses adorned with modern glass additions or churches whose traditional lines now frame an office. What are ruins to some become another's architectural playground.

"Organised by themes in turn figurative and abstract, vital and mechanical, immaterial and ultra-material, this visual essay on the human body does not feature any predictable images of the body. Instead it uses diffracted views to conjure seven alternative visions of the flesh in the age of meta-mechanical reproduction."--Page 3.