avril 2012
27 billets
“As fascinating as the idea of breeding buildings inside a computer may be, it is...”
– Manuel De Landa. 2001. Deleuze and the Use of the Genetic Algorithm in Architecture. (via designwithcomputer)
Lire la vidéoArtiste, architecte, designer italien, né en 1938, Ugo La Pietra est une figure fondamentale de la scène artistique radicale des années 1960 et 1970. Théoricien, homme de revues, membre de Global Tools à partir de 1973, participant à de nombreuses expositions, La Pietra a contribué à l’émergence d’une “contre-architecture” à un niveau international. Il interroge la pratique, les...
Walls as rooms british castles and louis khan →
Louis Kahn was known for his interest in Scottish Castles, by which he elaborated the distinction between ‘served’ and ‘servant spaces’, “with great central living halls and auxiliary spaces nestled into thick outside walls”. The castles were a strong inspiration for later works such as the Unitarian Church in Rochester and Erdman Hall at Bryn Mawr College.
