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New Urban Conditions
A curated series of essays and projects that navigates the complex new realities shaped by emerging technologies.
01.04, People
Media Theory for the Terraforming by Jussi Parikka
An interview with media theorist Jussi Parikka.
24.03, Architecture
Amerikanizm: Russian Architecture and Ideal Images of the New World
A look at the fantasies of Amerikanizm born in the paradoxical relationship between the USSR and the United States.
18.03, Deadlines
Strelka Mag becomes an official partner of Dezeen Awards 2020
Entries for this year’s Dezeen Awards are open until June 9.
18.03
The Futures of Russian Decolonization
Post-colonial theory, being a well-established field in the West, drops a deep shadow on what one could define as post-Soviet space. Is it possible to apply post-colonial and decolonial approaches to Russian colonialism?
14.03, People
Life Under Lockdown: Joseph Grima on Quarantine
Architect and curator Joseph Grima, who is currently under the nationwide lockdown in Italy, shares a few thoughts on quarantine and its consequences.
13.03
Machine Reveries and the Possibility of Thought Beyond the Human Body
Machine-machine vision—a parallel visual culture developed by machines, for machines—is testing the boundaries of what we consider thought.
03.03
Automated Landscapes and the Human Dream of Relentlessness
Behind the beauty and crudeness of automated landscapes, this report from the Netherlands reveals that human bodies are not absent at all in these centers of production, but instead adopt the uptime rhythm of automation.
02.03
Challenging the Assemblage Dictum of the (Post-)Anthropocene
Moving beyond the limits of assemblage theory, thinking of the Anthropocene as a system that can be observed and studied, can help us discover new political horizons—concrete solutions to the challenges of our time.
18.02, Architecture
The interdisciplinary teams that will transform the Russian Pavilion at the 2020 Venice Biennale
The Russian Federation Pavilion at the Venice Biennale has announced an interdisciplinary collective of contributors who will work on the pavilion at the upcoming 17th International Architecture Exhibition.
10.02, People
The Terraforming: Meet the First Cohort of Researchers
A group of postgraduate researchers have come to Strelka Institute to start The Terraforming, the new design research program directed by design theorist Benjamin H. Bratton.
05.02, Cities
Tuchkov Buyan Park Design Competition: 8 Finalists Announced
Emerging architecture firms and some of the world’s most famous offices are among the eight finalists in the competition to design a new park in the historical center of St. Petersburg.
31.01, Deadlines
Open Call: Helsinki Design Residency 2020
Three practitioners in design, architecture, and related fields—one each from Russia, Sweden, and Finland—are invited to join the Helsinki Design Residency this year.
30.01, People
Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli and the New Generation of Russian Architects
An interview with the curator of the Russian Pavilion at the 2020 Venice Biennale.
23.01
Panspermia and the First Multi-Planetary Species
As we question our position as humans in a more-than-human world, we need to revise our escapist fantasies of colonizing other planets.
20.01, Architecture
St. Petersburg’s Tuchkov Buyan Park design competition closes with 229 submissions
Eight finalists will be announced in early February.
24.12.2019, Art & Design
Re-imagining Life, Death & Technology at the 5th Ural Industrial Biennial
An interview with curator Xiaoyu Weng.
16.12.2019
Good Content vs Good Architecture: Where Does ‘Instagrammability’ Take Us?
Social media is turning the built environment into an attraction, populated not by citizens but by users.
13.12.2019, Speculative Futures
Black Natures: Enframing the Natural as Technological
Seeing through natures, we may find the black artefacts of the technosphere.