RUINAS. RESPUESTAS AL CLIMA. ZUMTHOR. Rahm. Krijn de Koning. Rachel Whiteread. THE FUNAMBULIST. VIRILIO. Gordon Matta-Clark. BO BARDI. Thematic (UN)WALL. A month ago, I wrote this article about the incredibly stupid project that Eric Owen Moss designed for this ridiculous competition organized by the NYTimes called A Fence With More Beauty, Fewer Barbs.
I won't repeat how I feel about this crap (apparently I just did though), but the interesting thing is that Ronald Rael, architect and professor at Berkeley, contacted me and showed me the work he did in order to transform the US/Mexican border into an infrastructure that would at least provide jobs and energy out of this shameful wall. However I have a fundamental issue with such projects and we had this interesting discussion with Ronald which is extremely important for architects. I do believe that softening the border wall -especially by establishing important infrastructures instead- is the best way to ratify the wall and therefore to make it fully permanent. This project was designed by Edwin Agudelo who graduated since then and is now working in Washington D.C. LPD-Ruins. LPD-Wallabout.
LPD-ESTRATOS. LPD-Hole. EIRIK JOHNSON.