the child prodigy French architecture during Mitterrand’s presidency, now a 21-year-old full-star architectSt The globalization of the late century, Jean Nouvel has been on top of the world for the past four decades and more. And on Tuesday, January 18, at 10:30 a.m., he will present his new guest editor Domus 2022 in live broadcast.
One cannot help but resort to vocabulary borrowed from show business, rather than from the field of design, to present a figure who is nothing but preserved, which on the contrary is quite at ease on the stage of world architecture culture. The illustrious personality and full presentation of the special man serve as the necessary support and primary tool for promoting the ideas of his public counterpart, the much acclaimed designer.
From its beginnings, it has been engaged in relentless thinking about the principles of modern architecture and the possibility of modernizing its heritage and making it relevant for our times. Far from being a mere practitioner, he shows a remarkable critical attitude, based on a thorough reading and constant challenge to norms and status quo, with due regard to his masters Claude Barnet and Paul Virilio. His early and never-forgotten fascination with artistry, combined with an interest in the political and social implications of his work, fuels a tenaciously multidisciplinary approach free of any preoccupations about the autonomy of architecture.