Architectural Traces Incwadi by Stjepko Rosin

Architectural Traces Incwadi by Stjepko Rosin is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award in Okushicilelwe Competition Category.

InsimbiOkushicilelwe· 2022

Architectural Traces Incwadi

by Stjepko Rosin

Client: Naklada Boskovic

Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award Winner in Okushicilelwe Category

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The Design

About Architectural Traces Incwadi

Izinyathelo Zokwakhiwa (Architectural Traces) yincwadi emayelana nomsebenzi womklami wezakhiwo waseDalmatia. Ikhava inohlangothi olutshekile olufana nophahla oluneethayela ezijwayelekile zesitayela saseRoma uma ubuka isuka kude. Uma ubuka useduze, iphethini iyaziveza ibe izithombe ezivela ku-scan yangempela ye-magnetic resonance yomgogodla womklami wezakhiwo. Le nkohliso yobuso ikhomba iqiniso elifihlakele futhi elibuhlungu ngemuva kwezakhiwo eziyinkomba nezidumile. Incwadi ilinganiselwa ku-270 mm ngo-270 mm ngo-35 mm futhi iphrintwe ephepheni le-offset ngokuthungwa okuqinile futhi ngaphandle kokusongwa ngaphandle. Ikhava ifinyelela isimo esivulekile esijikile ngesikhathi isetshenziswa.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award

Architectural Traces Incwadi iwinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile okunikezwa imiklamo emihle ehlangabezana nezidingo zobungcweti nezemboni ezilindelekile ezimpahleni ezihlelwe kahle. Abawinile beNsimbi babonisa ikhono elikhulu, ubungcweti obuphezulu, ukuqonda kochwepheshe namandla okudala abadali babo. Architectural Traces Incwadi ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo nenezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu zemboni futhi unezimfanelo zobuchwepheshe ezifanelekile ezihlanganiswe nolwazi nethalente. Architectural Traces Incwadi iyahlonishwa ngenxa yokucophelela kwayo futhi ihlelelwe ukulethela izinguquko zomgangatho wempilo ezisiza ukwenza umhlaba ube yindawo engcono.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Looking from a distance at the sloping side of the cover, we recognize a roof with typical Dalmatian Roman tiles. It is created by the optical illusion of images of the actual Magnetic resonance of the architect's spine, which can be seen when we approach the book. They reveal the hidden and painful reality of a responsible Dalmatian architect, the one behind the buildings we admire.
Dimensions & Packaging: Dimensions are 270 mm x 270 mm x 35 mm
Tags: Book, Architecture, Spine, Traces, Dalmatian, Roman
Production Technology: The format of the book was chosen as the one that corresponds to the difference in proportions and quality content of the publication, not too large for the convenience of leafing. It is printed on quality offset paper, hard, stitched binding without the outer paper wrapper.
Design Challenge: The challenge was how to show the life of an architect who is not easy. To show it true in a society that has prejudices against responsible architects and that perceives architecture in the wrong way. Show that not all architects are the same.
Research: Almost a lifelong experience, living in the same household with an architect, talking many times about architecture, I witnessed many successes but also injustice, misunderstanding, pressure, threats, sleepless nights, and consequently health problems.
Inspiration: The Dalmatian architecture disappears under the trends. The authors of the book, called Architectural Traces, describe the works of a renowned Dalmatian architect Jerko Rosin, as modest, considerate, rational, responsible for the area, without unnecessary trendy views. And on the spine that has not bent in front of insatiable investors, which are consistency, stress, and years spent in a chair, I notice some different architectural, more painful, traces.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2019 in Split and finished in January 2020 in Split, and was exhibited in Hotel Park congress hall in January 2020.
Operation Flow: The book is not designed flat. Although it communicates even when closed, it comes to full expression during use, when opening the book, when the cover comes into its open oblique position.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Stjepko Rosin, 2021
Image #2: Photographer Stjepko Rosin, 2021
Image #3: Photographer Stjepko Rosin, 2021
Image #4: Photographer Stjepko Rosin, 2021
Image #5: Photographer Stjepko Rosin, 2021