STRANGE ATLAS 02: PULL IT TOGETHER

Gerhard Richter. Atlas. Tafel 5. Albumfotos 1962-1968. ©Gerhard Richter 2011.

 

The creative process is an intriguing design problem of its own: how should you craft the method used to craft other things? This is the second in a series of essays exploring this topic through the lens of strange atlas, an interpretive creative process. Although this approach applies beyond narrow disciplinary boundaries, the essays focus on its application for designing the built environment.

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2012.02.24 12:15pm
Filed under: Architecture, Art, Essays, Reviews, Theory,

MY POSTMODERNISTS

Minoru Takeyama: Number 1 Building, Tokyo. Photo courtesy of the architect.

 

Postmodernism is enjoying a modest revival, with a retrospective exhibit at the V&A, a conference in New York, and several new books that reassess its past and present claims. Postmodernism emerged here in the late 1970s as serious competition for the corporate modernism and bay regionalism predominant earlier in that decade, but my personal encounters with postmodernists began slightly earlier. This short essay recounts them.

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2012.01.12 7:14pm
Filed under: Architecture, Essays, History, Theory,

Strange Atlas 01: Get Lost

Photo by Mallory Scott Cusenbery


“That thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you is usually what you need to find, and finding it is a matter of getting lost.”     — Rebecca Solnit [1] > Read More

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2011.12.16 5:13pm
Filed under: Architecture, Essays, Theory,