Constant S New Babylon
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Constant S New Babylon
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Author : Mark Wigley
language : en
Publisher: 010 Publishers
Release Date : 1998
Constant S New Babylon written by Mark Wigley and has been published by 010 Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Architects categories.
The Activist Drawing
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Author : M. Catherine de Zegher
language : en
Publisher: Mit Press
Release Date : 2001
The Activist Drawing written by M. Catherine de Zegher and has been published by Mit Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Architecture categories.
A reconsideration of Constant Nieuwenhuys's visionary architectural project, New Babylon, and of the role of drawing in and electronic age.
New Babylon
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Author : Constant
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
New Babylon written by Constant and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with categories.
Beyond Babylon
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Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 2008
Beyond Babylon written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Art, Ancient categories.
This important volume describes the art created in the second millennium B.C. for royal palaces, temples, and tombs from Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia to Cyprus, Egypt, and the Aegean.
The Situationist City
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Author : Simon Sadler
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1999-08-18
The Situationist City written by Simon Sadler and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-08-18 with Architecture categories.
Simon Sadler searches for the Situationist City among the detritus of tracts, manifestos, and works of art that the Situationist International left behind. From 1957 to 1972 the artistic and political movement known as the Situationist International (SI) worked aggressively to subvert the conservative ideology of the Western world. The movement's broadside attack on "establishment" institutions and values left its mark upon the libertarian left, the counterculture, the revolutionary events of 1968, and more recent phenomena from punk to postmodernism. But over time it tended to obscure Situationism's own founding principles. In this book, Simon Sadler investigates the artistic, architectural, and cultural theories that were once the foundations of Situationist thought, particularly as they applied to the form of the modern city. According to the Situationists, the benign professionalism of architecture and design had led to a sterilization of the world that threatened to wipe out any sense of spontaneity or playfulness. The Situationists hankered after the "pioneer spirit" of the modernist period, when new ideas, such as those of Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche, still felt fresh and vital. By the late fifties, movements such as British and American Pop Art and French Nouveau Ralisme had become intensely interested in everyday life, space, and mass culture. The SI aimed to convert this interest into a revolution—at the level of the city itself. Their principle for the reorganization of cities was simple and seductive: let the citizens themselves decide what spaces and architecture they want to live in and how they wish to live in them. This would instantly undermine the powers of state, bureaucracy, capital, and imperialism, thereby revolutionizing people's everyday lives. Simon Sadler searches for the Situationist City among the detritus of tracts, manifestos, and works of art that the SI left behind. The book is divided into three parts. The first, "The Naked City," outlines the Situationist critique of the urban environment as it then existed. The second, "Formulary for a New Urbanism," examines Situationist principles for the city and for city living. The third, "A New Babylon," describes actual designs proposed for a Situationist City.
Visions Of The City
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Author : David Pinder
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-12
Visions Of The City written by David Pinder and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-12 with Social Science categories.
Visions of the City is a dramatic history of utopian urbanism in the twentieth century. It explores radical demands for new spaces and ways of living, and considers their effects on planning, architecture and struggles to shape urban landscapes. The author critically examines influential utopian approaches to urbanism in western Europe associated with such figures as Ebenezer Howard and Le Corbusier, uncovering the political interests, desires and anxieties that lay behind their ideal cities. He also investigates avant-garde perspectives from the time that challenged these conceptions of cities, especially from within surrealism. At the heart of this richly illustrated book is an encounter with the explosive ideas of the situationists. Tracing the subversive practices of this avant-garde group and its associates from their explorations of Paris during the 1950s to their alternative visions based on nomadic life and play, David Pinder convincingly explains the significance of their revolutionary attempts to transform urban spaces and everyday life. He addresses in particular Constant's New Babylon, finding within his proposals a still powerful provocation to imagine cities otherwise. The book not only recovers vital moments from past hopes and dreams of modern urbanism. It also contests current claims about the 'end of utopia', arguing that reconsidering earlier projects can play a critical role in developing utopian perspectives today. Through the study of utopian visions, it aims to rekindle elements of utopianism itself. A superb critical exploration of the underside of utopian thought over the last hundred years and its continuing relevance in the here and now for thinking about possible urban worlds. The treatment of the Situationists and their milieu is a revelation. David Harvey, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, City University of New York Graduate School
Narrative Architecture
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Author : Nigel Coates
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2012-03-26
Narrative Architecture written by Nigel Coates and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-26 with Architecture categories.
The first book to look architectural narrative in the eye Since the early eighties, many architects have used the term "narrative" to describe their work. To architects the enduring attraction of narrative is that it offers a way of engaging with the way a city feels and works. Rather than reducing architecture to mere style or an overt emphasis on technology, it foregrounds the experiential dimension of architecture. Narrative Architecture explores the potential for narrative as a way of interpreting buildings from ancient history through to the present, deals with architectural background, analysis and practice as well as its future development. Authored by Nigel Coates, a foremost figure in the field of narrative architecture, the book is one of the first to address this subject directly Features architects as diverse as William Kent, Antoni Gaudí, Eero Saarinen, Ettore Sottsass, Superstudio, Rem Koolhaas, and FAT to provide an overview of the work of NATO and Coates, as well as chapters on other contemporary designers Includes over 120 colour photographs Signposting narrative's significance as a design approach that can aid architecture to remain relevant in this complex, multi-disciplinary and multi-everything age, Narrative Architecture is a must-read for anyone with an interest in architectural history and theory.
Exit Utopia
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Author : Martin van Schaik
language : en
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Release Date : 2005
Exit Utopia written by Martin van Schaik and has been published by Prestel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Architecture categories.
This examination of a key moment in modern architecture pointedly and critically evaluates the role of the neo-avant-garde in today's world. International in scope the book explores important exponents of 'visionary' and 'utopian' architecture in the closing juncture of the modernist era.
The Beach Beneath The Street
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Author : McKenzie Wark
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2015-04-07
The Beach Beneath The Street written by McKenzie Wark and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-07 with Philosophy categories.
Over fifty years after the Situationist International appeared, its legacy continues to inspire activists, artists and theorists around the world. Such a legend has accrued to this movement that the story of the SI now demands to be told in a contemporary voice capable of putting it into the context of twenty-first-century struggles. McKenzie Wark delves into the Situationists’ unacknowledged diversity, revealing a world as rich in practice as it is in theory. Tracing the group’s development from the bohemian Paris of the ’50s to the explosive days of May ’68, Wark’s take on the Situationists is biographically and historically rich, presenting the group as an ensemble creation, rather than the brainchild and dominion of its most famous member, Guy Debord. Roaming through Europe and the lives of those who made up the movement – including Constant, Asger Jorn, Michèle Bernstein, Alex Trocchi and Jacqueline De Jong – Wark uncovers an international movement riven with conflicting passions. Accessible to those who have only just discovered the Situationists and filled with new insights, The Beach Beneath the Street rereads the group’s history in the light of our contemporary experience of communications, architecture, and everyday life. The Situationists tried to escape the world of twentieth-century spectacle and failed in the attempt. Wark argues that they may still help us to escape the twenty-first century, while we still can.
Constant Change A Typographical Drifting Through The Work Of Constant Nieuwenhuys
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Author : Paul Gangloff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-08
Constant Change A Typographical Drifting Through The Work Of Constant Nieuwenhuys written by Paul Gangloff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08 with categories.
Dutch artist and sculptor Constant Nieuwenhuys a.k.a. Constant (1920?2005) is known for the great breadth of his work, which ranges from painting to music. This year he would have celebrated his 101st birthday. The graphic designers at Our Polite Society have used his artistic works as a basis for creating a typeface called Constant Change. It includes six cuts, each containing the twenty-six letters of the alphabet. Moving playfully through the alphabet, the typographic designs draw on some 100 works from Constant?s collection. The publication makes use of the tools of typography in a contemporary approach to historical works of visual art, while revealing the sources that inform the designs. Constant Change is accompanied by a text by Paul Gangloff. The publication is supported by Fondation Constant. 0Our Polite Society is a studio for graphic design, type design and typographic research based in Amsterdam and Stockholm, founded in 2008 by Matthias Kreutzer and Jens Schildt. Paul Gangloff, born 1982 in Altkirch (France), is a graphic designer based in Amsterdam. He works on commissions from artists, authors, friends and institutions, as well as through self-initiated research, workshops, writings, exhibitions and publications.