The combination of photographic portrayal, plans, text selection, and editing of the collected material enabled students to understand El Croquis’ working methods. Students developed an El Croquis Night issue based on the magazine’s photographic and editorial language, spending two weeks photographing prominent contemporary buildings in Geneva under Levene’s supervision from the blue hour in the evening to after nightfall, a material that they later laid out and edited in a virtual edition of the journal. The workshop focused on the idea that the night is a forgotten paradigm in the construction of contemporary architectural discourse. During a workshop in February 2020, HEAD – Genève invited Richard Levene to create a “night edition” of El Croquis. The same goes for other major architecture magazines. The volumes dedicated to established Pritzker Prize names like OMA Rem Koolhaas, SANAA Sejima & Nishizawa, Herzog & de Meuron, Alvaro Siza or Rafael Moneo, are considered their respective oeuvre complète. The journal almost never publishes night photography. Founded in 1982 by Richard Levene and Fernando Marquez, it publishes five monographs every year.
4, nº 2 (2021) : 181-190įrench edition at: Plan Libre, nº 179, Quand vient la nuit (2020) : 12-14Įl Croquis is one of the most prestigious architectural magazines in the world.
