Caryatide / Cosa Mentale

Caryatide (formerly Cosa Mentale) is a platform for reflection on architecture, art and design. Using different media, it promotes a curious and open attitude based on sharing and exchange. Whether through objects, images or words, it always seeks to extend the debate, to expand it. Collaborative, Caryatide weaves links between people, disciplines and knowledge.
Caryatide works along the path of rigour and high standards, in terms of both form and editorial choices.
Caryatide is directed by Claudia Mion, accompanied by Simon Campedel and Antoine Stevenot. The scientific committee is composed by: Simon Campedel, Fréderic Einaudi, Mathias Gervais de Lafond, Michela Maguolo, Baptiste Manet, Claudia Mion and Giacomo Ortalli. The visual identity of Caryatide is handled by the graphic design studio Spassky Fischer.
 
Paris
 
53 titles
Series:
 
Carlos Martí Arís - Variations of Identity - Type in architecture
2021
English edition
First English translation of the seminal essay on type in architecture by Spanish architect Carlos Martí Arís.
Carlos Martí Arís - Les variations de l\'identité - Le type en architecture
2021
French edition
First French translation of the seminal essay on type in architecture by Spanish architect Carlos Martí Arís.
Laurent Stalder - Dixit - Hyperconfort / Hypercomfort
2020
bilingual edition (English / French)
First issue of the critical journal published by Cosa Mentale, in which the words of the architecture practice Bruther and of Laurent Stalder, professor of architecture history at ETH, confront each other around the theme of “hypercomfort.”
Dominique Putz - Les figures architectoniques - La construction logique de la forme architecturale
2020
French edition
Architectural shape is the interface where form and meaning meet and communicate. In this perspective the research addresses the decoding of the shape of buildings, cities and landscapes.
Carlos Martí Arís - Eloquent Silences - Writings on Art and Architecture
2020
English edition
It is a form of spiritual revolt that Spanish architect Carlos Martí Arís highlights through a transversal analysis of different artistic expressions that combine to enrich his reflection.
Peter Märkli - In Search of a Language - A Journey through Peter Märkli\'s Imaginary
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
currently out of stock
A rereading of the work of the Swiss architect.
Carlos Martí Arís - Silences éloquents
2019
French edition
currently out of stock
It is a form of spiritual revolt that Spanish architect Carlos Martí Arís highlights through a transversal analysis of different artistic expressions that combine to enrich his reflection.
Livio Vacchini - Disegni / Dessins / Drawings
2017
trilingual edition (English / French / Italian)
This volume looks at a central aspect of Livio Vacchini's research: his drawings. The publication gives an overview of the Swiss architect's work with an unpublished selection of drawings—plans, cross sections, and facades. It also features an essay by architect Roberto Masiero.
Ivry Serres - L\'œuvre des matières
2017
French edition
A poetic exploration of the mechanisms of thought in the act of building.
Luigi Snozzi - L\'architecture inefficiente
2016
French edition
currently out of stock
Conversations between Swiss architect Luigi Snozzi and the philosopher Fabio Merlini.
Umberto Riva - Forays beyond the Modern - The Architecture of Umberto Riva
2021
trilingual edition (English / French / Italian)
sold out
An anthology.
Spectre - Vegetal Trauma
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
sold out
This unedited issue of Spectre invites contemporary artists to share their interpretation of vegetal trauma.
Spectre - Pornographie minérale
2018
French edition
sold out
A collective photographic series focusing on the on the subject of agalmatophilia—the sexual attraction for statues.
Classeur - Mare Nostrum
2017
French edition
sold out
Second issue of the theoretical journal of architecture, devoted to the Mediterranean area.
Classeur - Le Mythe de Pierre
2016
French edition
sold out
The first issue of Classeur, a theoretical journal of architecture.
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