A collective founded by five architects in Paris in 2003, EXYZT´s manifesto proclaims it as a “platform for multidisciplinary creation”, whose aim is to challenge the view of architecture as an independent field of practice. Instead, they embark on experimental ventures expressed thought a wide variety of devices, including architecture, video, cooking, graphic design, and botany. The collective “conceive and organize each project as a playground in which cultural behaviors and shared stories relate, mix, and mingle.
“Their projects, which could be defined as “participatory architecture”, always strive to involve different constituencies of the local community in a social network that is invited to inhabit a temporary space. EXYZT were last seen on September 2010 on the City Island, a temporary rainforest and its lagoon, which was a contribution for “La Noche en Blanco” Madrid. Other projects include the Southpark Lido (2008), the Dalston Mill (2009) which was followed recently by the Dalston Barn (2010), Architecture du RAB, LabiChampi and Metavilla (the inhabitation and adaptation of the French Pavilion for the 2006 Venice Biennale of Architecture). EXYZT today is composed by a large assemble of various initiatives, such as “coloco”, “la suite graphique”, “constructLab” or “1024-architecture”.
IN METALOCUS
published in: M-018 | A010 | p. 96
