Press Kit | no. 3057-02
Press release only in English
Atelier RZLBD Launches an Online Shop, Releases a New Book, and Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
Atelier RZLBD
On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, Atelier RZLBD releases an online shop, a manifesto, and three short documentaries to consolidate—and to facilitate public access to—the intellectual and philosophical roots of its practice. The three symbolic publications mark the atelier’s transition into an even more polemic position within the discipline of architecture, in which it continues to pursue architecture as vocation.
RZLBD shop
Over the past 10 years, Atelier RZLBD has shared its thoughts on architecture and its discipline through its in-house print publications—rzlbdPOST & rzlbdPAPER—featuring essays, drawings, artwork, etc. It is pleased to announce the long overdue launch of RZLBD shop, an archive and web store hosting all of its printed works, made available to the general public for the first time.
The Empty Room
Part aphorism part manifesto, The Empty Room (Actar, NY, 2020) is a collection of essays, poems, and quotes on space. While criticizing the mainstream, the author-architect suggests “the empty room” as the very essence of architecture, the spatial experience as its highest mandate. The book vividly portrays architecture as the poetry of space, and invites readers to renew their passion for Architecture (with a capital “A”).
Project X
Commemorating the past 10 years of the practice, Atelier RZLBD has revisited all of its built works, documented in three different scales in video format. The first video—the large scale—records the living moments of the atelier’s houses in their streets as of today, celebrating its works as the container of time and memory, and as positive pixels to the city. The second video—the small scale—meditates on the details of each house, which show the notion of order, axis, symmetry, and geometry, implicit in both the created works and the creator’s mind. The third video—the medium scale—features the one-point perspective of the interior photos of each house, which reveal certain spatial qualities that unify the portfolio of the atelier.
About RZLBD
Atelier RZLBD is a boutique art & architecture practice based in Toronto, founded by RZLBD; un homme à tout faire whose répertoire includes making arts, crafting objects, designing buildings, curating installations, and publishing a zine called rzlbdPOST.
The practice is not just an ordinary service operation, but rather more like a positive virus that contributes, communicates, challenges, and adapts itself to the needs of each project and its context. From a 17mm wedding ring, to a 56km long housing proposal, the portfolio has been distinguished with numerous accolades; exhibited in many venues; and celebrated in more than 100 print publications.
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- Atelier RZLBD
- James Chungwon Park
- james@rzlbd.com
- 4162231900
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rzlbdPOST vol 02 no 01
Revisiting a Manifesto / Remembering a Man
This issue is dedicated to Le Corbusier and his Villa Savoye.
11” x 11” (28 x 28 cm) :: 12 Pages :: Limited edition zine :: Newsprint / hand numbered :: 2010
ISSN 1923–6166
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rzlbdPOST vol 03 no 01
Superimposition
Thinking of overlay as a theme, this issue covers a few experiments in various realms such as identity, nationality, race, religion, and the like.
9” x 12” (23 x 31 cm) :: Envelope + 6 Pages :: Limited edition zine :: Print on cardstock paper :: 2011
ISSN 1923–6166
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rzlbdPOST vol 04 no 01
Big Enough?
In 2011, Atelier RZLBD was asked to participate in an architectural exhibition titled Big Enough? The exhibition was arranged by Harbourfront Centre, an innovative non-for-profit cultural organization in Toronto. Along with designing an installation for the show, RZLBD dedicated an issue of the POST to the theme Big Enough? This issue revisits and questions the concept of living space through a different approach. You may call it an infographic!
8 1/2” x 11” (21 x 28 cm) :: 16 Pages :: Limited edition zine :: Newsprint :: 2012
ISSN 1923–6166
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rzlbdPOST vol 07 no 01
+VE VIRUS
In this issue RZLBD presents 6 examples of infill projects designed and built between 2010 to 2015. Each example is a representation of a single pixel from our whole project to bring design and architectural recognition to the public domain. Along with photographs, two essays complement the zine, An Architecture of Turbulence, and The Superficial vs The Thoughtful.
8 1/2” x 11” (21 x 28 cm) :: 12 Pages :: Limited edition zine :: Newsprint :: 2015
ISSN 1923–6166
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rzlbdPOST vol 08 no 01
Walking
This issue is a brief survey of Reza’s three major solo expeditions: North Pole (Canadian Arctic), 49 Days backpacking round the world, and Trans Canada.
6” x 9” (15 x 23 cm) :: 8 Pages :: Japanese–Fold Pamphlet :: Limited edition zine :: Print on paper / hand numbered :: 2016
ISSN 1923–6166
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rzlbdPOST vol 10 no 01
The Discipline of Syntax
This issue is dedicated to RZLBD logotype and its 100 three-dimensional iterations.
8” x 8” (20 x 20 cm) :: Limited edition zine :: Print on paper / hand numbered :: 2018
ISSN 1923–6166
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rzlbdPOST vol 11 no 01
Project X
This issue is dedicated to RZLBD 10th anniversary, also features RZLBD numeric figures.
6” x 9” (15 x 23 cm) :: Envelope + Letter + 20 Pages Booklet :: Limited edition zine :: Print on paper / hand numbered :: 2019
ISSN 1923–6166
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rzlbdPOST vol 13 no 01
Primitive Future: Learning from the beginning
Composed of diagrams and an essay, this issue is a manifesto that imagines radical reformations of today’s society at both micro and macro scales.
6” x 6” (15 x 15 cm) :: Folded Pamphlet :: Limited edition zine :: Print on paper / hand numbered :: 2021
ISSN 1923–6166
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rzlbdPAPER no 01
8 1/2” x 11 1/2” (21 1/2 x 29 cm) :: 12 Pages :: Limited Edition :: Newsprint :: June 2013
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rzlbdPAPER no 03
8 1/2” x 11 1/2” (21 1/2 x 29 cm) :: 16 Pages :: Limited Edition :: Newsprint :: January 2017
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rzlbdPAPER no 04
8 1/2” x 11 1/2” (21 1/2 x 29 cm) :: 24 Pages :: Limited Edition :: Newsprint :: April 2018
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The Empty Room: Fragmented thoughts on space
[Reza Aliabadi (RZLBD) Actar, NY, 2020]
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RZLBD Un(a)like Identities 3D
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