Diagram // engaging the complexity of the real

September 17, 2015 by bg-martin

Simply put, a diagram is a simplified drawing showing the appearance, structure, or workings of something; a schematic representation.

A diagram is a drawing that, stripped of all superfluous and distracting data, shows the general scheme or outline of an idea or object and its parts. It is a reductive graphic representation of the course or results of an action or process.

Categories: Architecture, concept, Drawing, representation • Tags: Bernard Tschumi, concept, diagram, drawing, Fracois Blanciak, graphic, representation, Stan Allen

The Depth of Space // Perception and Syntax in Representation

April 20, 2015 by bg-martin

The Depth of Space // Perception and Syntax in Representation by BG-Martin “There can be no design action without representation”.[1] Thoughts and ideas must be represented if they are meant to be shared with others. The notion of design representation is complex, serious, and more important than has been acknowledged in contemporary research and scholarly writings. With the event of modern architecture, the perception of image becomes part of a different system of thought: no longer, is an object related […]

Categories: Brave Drawn World • Tags: Archigram, Bernard Tschumi, Brave Drawn World, drawing, Morphosis, Rem Koolhaas, representation, Zaha Hadid

At the Verge of #Utopia // Defying Boundaries

April 17, 2015 by bg-martin

At the Verge of #Utopia // Defying Boundaries In 1961 Henri Lefebvre published a short essay defending the concept of what he called “experimental utopia,” which he defined as “imaginary variations on themes and exigencies defined by the real understood in the broadest sense: by the problems posed by reality and by the virtualities held within it.” It was the exploration of human possibilities, with the help of the image and the imagination, accompanied by a ceaseless criticism and a […]

Categories: V for Visionary • Tags: Archigram, architecture, Archizoom, Bernard Tschumi, Constant Nieuwnhuys, Daniel Libeskind, Eilfried Huth, Günther Domenig, Guy Debord, Henri Lefebvre, Morphosis, Peter Eisenman, Rem Koolhaas, utopia, V for Visionary, Yona Friedman

The Tower | Bernard Tschumi

September 16, 2012 by bg-martin

The Tower [excerpt] by Bernard Tschumi | The Manhattan Transcripts | 1980 ©Bernard Tschumi

Categories: Diagrams, drawings • Tags: Archilibs, architecture, art, Bernard Tschumi, design, diagram, drawing, Manhattan Transcripts

The Manhattan Transcripts | Bernard Tschumi

September 14, 2012 by bg-martin

Bernard Tschumi | The Manhattan Transcripts, Part 4: The Block | 1979-80 Pen, ink and photographs on vellum.

Categories: Architecture dwg, Diagrams • Tags: architecture, art, Bernard Tschumi, design, diagram, drawing, mix-media

Folie Matrix | Bernard Tschumi

September 9, 2012 by bg-martin

Folie Matrix by Bernard Tschumi Parc de la Villette, Paris, 1982 Bernard Tschumi Architects ©Bernard Tschum

Categories: Brave Drawn World, Diagrams • Tags: Bernard Tschumi, Brave Drawn World, diagram