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

Zaha & Rem

April 22, 2013 by bg-martin

Zaha & Rem | 1970s Zaha Hadid as an up-and-coming young architect working at OMA and her boss, with a full head of hair, Rem Koolhaas likely taken sometime in the 1970s. source: greatspace

Categories: Archibuzz • Tags: archibuzz, architects, Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid

The Strip | Rem Koolhaas & Elia Zenghelis

December 1, 2012 by bg-martin

The Strip by Rem Koolhaas & Elia Zenghelis | 1972 Exodus, or the voluntary prisoners of architecture

Categories: Diagrams • Tags: diagram, Elia Zenghelis, montage, Rem Koolhaas