Dichotomy 19: Ugly

The term ugly is often associated with any project that veers from the realm of easy and accepted solutions. In reality, it is the skin of an investigation that challenges our perception of form and architecture. Dichotomy 19 seeks to understand this complexity through a conversation of its own social and cultural aesthetic.

Kaveh Alagheband: THE ELEPHANT MAN UNDER INTENSIVE CARE

François Blanciak: UGLY AND ULTRAORDINARY

Adam Anderson: METABOLIC TECTONIC

Steven Parissien: VULGARITY WITHOUT PRECEDENT

Samuel Langkop: CONTRAST

Maria Simon: UNDER THE OVERPASS

Manu Garza: FORM FOLLOWS UGLY

Stefano Corbo: IN THE REALM OF AESTHETICS

Jimenez Lai: ON TYPES OF SEDUCTIVE ROBUSTNESS

Libby Balter Blume: [DE]FORMING THE FIGURE

Victor Ciborro + Natalia Ventura: I DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE ME VOMIT

Krysia Bussière: TEMPORAL DESIGN

Adamantios Tegkelidis: UGLY=NOT BEAUTIFUL(?)

Anna Klochowicz: HOUSE WITHA VIEW ON THE MINE SHAFT

Aaron Jones: FUNICULAR CASINO

Andrea Alberto Dutto: THE POLITICS OF UGLINESS

Marcin Kedzior: UGLY ORDERS

Editors: Jennifer Richards, Michael Sklenka

Business Manager: John Quaine

Staff: Mollie Decker, Kamara Fant, Thomas Provost, Samuel Stevens, Joseph Raffin, Molly Redigan