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

Museum of Simple Technology | Yona Friedman

September 10, 2012 by bg-martin

Museum of Simple Technology by Yona Friedman | Madras, India, 1982 “Friedman and his colleague Eda Schaur sought to demonstrate, in the form of tangible objects, the material results of the techniques and methods covered in the manuals produce by the centre. As those techniques and methods were designed for the disadvantaged in order to enable them to improve their living conditions, it was important that prototypes of those artifacts illustrated in the manuals could be displayed.” — Yona Friedman, Structures […]

Categories: Architectural Models, Galleries • Tags: architectural model, modelmaking, Yona Friedman