Domus Srilanka - January 2020

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The first Galeries Lafayette store in the heart of Luxembourg is the first building to open as part of a major mixed-use development by Foster + Partners, in collaboration with Tetra Kayser.
Foster + Partners has won the competition to design the new offices for Alibaba – the Chinese ecommerce giant – in Shanghai. As a new signature building for the company, it is set to showcase their unique working culture to the public.
In the first of 10 discussions about the changing demands of the profession, the guest editor visits Farshid Moussavi to discuss subterfuge and micropolitics.
With the very system of material production, which gave them their social role now under question, designers must reinvent their sphere of expertise and create new relationships with their counterparts in other professions.
The industrial spatial systems within the factory and in the city at large are becoming increasingly sustainable, agile and hybrid, supporting a democratic work culture and creating an urban biome that closely mimics the bio-diverse natural world.