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Jame Walker ‘s project for the renovation of Robin Hood Gardens (London) in the frame of the studio tutored by Ed Frith at the University of Greenwich is a appropriation of the building originally designed by Alison and Peter Smithson in 1972. The assumed monstrosity of his project is beautifully expressed by a series of hand drawings which illustrate the intelligence of this design. found via the very useful ajnotebook Here is James Walker’s text about his project
# STUDENTS /// Robin Hood Gardens by James Walker
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In architectural history, "modern" does not necessarily refer to a contemporaneous work, but to a particular style and ideology prevalent from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1970s. The architect and critic Sanford Kwinter goes as far as to use the term to describe particular themes in the intellectual life of ancient Greece. To him, modernism is a mode of thought and ontological position. This citation only underscores the broad scope of the term, and it is often necessary to distinguish between modernist politics and aesthetics, and likewise between strains of progressive and conservative modernism, among others. Presently we will focus on the formal qualities of modernist architecture—an emphasis on shape, form, light, and transparency, especially at the expense of decorative embellishment and local style—as well as its ideological faith in utopian rationalism and functionalism, as the core elements of this movement.
Modern Architecture | Real Virtual | Columbia University in the City of New York
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“Pessac doit être un laboratoire...” (Henry Frugès à Le Corbusier) PESSAC revêt une importance capitale d’un point de vue historique, dans la mesure où une documentation abondante tirée des affaires personnelles de l’architecte (croquis, dessins, lettres, prospectus) nous permet d’analyser le processus selon lequel la théorie fut mise en pratique. Il est rare de pouvoir saisir d’aussi nombreux aspects d’un effort de création complexe et ardu, et de pouvoir discerner aussi nettement son contexte socio-économique et politique. En outre, une étude de l’architecte Philippe Boudon montre comment, depuis leur achèvement, les cinquante(-trois) logements ont été modifiés et adaptés aux besoins ou aux goûts des habitants et nous livre en somme l’histoire de la vie d’un projet.
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