Through its project A Simple Heart, inspired by and named after Flaubert’s famous novel, Un cœur simple, DOGMA takes a stand against the city of entertainment and artifice by placing the “workers” at the heart of urban organization. For this project, DOGMA sought to insert a wall around an existing part of the city, thereby aiming to contain all its capitalistic activities. Twenty-two of these units are set up close to the main urban centers of northwestern Europe. Each unit is designed to delimit an existing urban zone of 800 by 800 meters. These bars, measuring 25 meters in width and 20 floors high, contain 860 pods opening onto galleries for circulation. Once the compound is built, a transparent roof is placed over the area contained inside. The existing fabric of streets, squares and buildings, while remaining visible, is continuously adapted to the needs of the new inhabitants. As with Stop City, the form of the city makes it possible to limit its development. While the centre of the project is dedicated to production, a series of areas for solitude and contemplation is arranged along the periphery. The dynamics of contemporary capitalism are thus kept within the limits imposed by the form of the architecture. Simple, direct and sincere, the architecture of A Simple Heart is a reference to Superstudio’s Continuous Monument and to their anti-establishment and iconoclastic views. DOGMA’s many drawings, pastels and photomontages attest moreover to a sensitive approach marked by their exceptional mastery of graphics.
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21 x 29.7 x
2004
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NWMA
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29.7 x 21
2002
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Randstadt, Flanders, Rhurgebiet
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Encre, feutre et collage sur papier
29.7 x 21
2002
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Room
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29.7 x 21
2002
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Esistenza Minima: Plan
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29.7 x 21
2002
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Esistenza Minima: Elevation
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29.7 x 21
2002
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Esistenza Minima: Section
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Encre, feutre et crayon graphite sur papier
29.7 x 21
2002
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Atlas of a City
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Encre, collage et crayon graphite sur papier
42 x 29.7
2002-2009
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Randstadt, Flanders, Rhurgebiet
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Encre, feutre et collage sur papier
42 x 29.7
2003
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Central Capital City Area
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42 x 29.7
2003
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City for 40 000 000 Inhabitants
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42 x 29.7
2003
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Detail of a City
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42 x 29.7
2003
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Detail of a City
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42 x 29.7
2003
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Urban Villa
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42 x 29.7
2003
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Urban Villa
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39 x 29.8
2003
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Court Houses
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41.8 x 29.5
2003
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Esistenza Minima: Typical Plan
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42 x 29.7
2003
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Study for Immeuble Cité
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42 x 29.7
2003
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Study for Immeuble Cité. Study for Central Capital City
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Encre, crayon graphite et collage sur papier
42 x 29.7
2003
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Study for Immeuble Cité
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42 x 29.7
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Detail of Immeuble Cité
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42 x 29.7
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Detail of Immeuble Cité
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42 x 29.7
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Detail of Immeuble Cité
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42 x 29.7
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Immeuble Cité
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43.1 x 29.5
2003
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City for 6 000 000 Inhabitants
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42 x 29.7
2004
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Slab. Study for a Immeuble Cité
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21 x 29.7
2004
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Immeuble Cité
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42 x 29.7
2004
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Slab : Study for a Immeuble Cité
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42 x 29.7
2004
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Immeuble Cité
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43.1 x 29.5
2004
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Study for a Immeuble Cité
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42.3 x 29.5
2009
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Study for a Immeuble Cité (Exterior)
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42 x 29.7
2009
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Study for Immeuble Cité (Exterior)
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42.1 x 29.5
2009
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35. Study for Immeuble Citè (Esistenza Minima)
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42 x 29.7
2009
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42 x 29.7
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Unit
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70 x 50.5
2009
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Study for the Unit Frame
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70 x 50.5
2009
009 92 03
Study for Typical Plan
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70 x 50.5
2009
009 92 04
Section
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70 x 50.5
2009
009 92 05
Detail of Typical Plan: Rooms
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70 x 50.5
2009
009 92 06
Study for a Immeuble Cité
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42 x 29.7
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Study for a Immeuble Cité
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Crayon graphite sur papier
42 x 29.7
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Study for a Immeuble Cité
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42 x 29.7
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Study for a Immeuble Cité
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