Cartographies of the Imagination
4 June 2021
Cartographies of the Imagination4 June 2021
– Kirsty Badenoch and Sayan Skandarajah
…Chinese whispers that anticipates a new and timeless collaborative world. Peter Wilson, Eurolandschaft – A Derive Peter Wilson, Eurolandschaft – A Derive, 1998. Mixed media, 182 × 242 mm. DMC…
Netherfield Scroll One
28 August 2018
Netherfield Scroll One28 August 2018
– Chris Cross, Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones
…as a group to Milton Keynes by Derek Walker, then city Architect. Derek enthusiastically supported the emergence of our design and particularly in the form of the long drawing. When…
Luc Deleu & T.O.P. OFFICE: Future Plans, 1970–2020 (2021) – Review
7 July 2021
Luc Deleu & T.O.P. OFFICE: Future Plans, 1970–2020 (2021) – Review7 July 2021
…than 44 different authors. This constellation of opinions leaves the reader with a fragmented view of the oeuvre, which is in itself multiple and wide-reaching. These collective endeavours are not…
Sant’Elia and Global Futurist Architecture
21 July 2023
Sant’Elia and Global Futurist Architecture21 July 2023
…(Antonio Sant’Elia) to Luigi Sant’Elia from Como and Cristina Panzilla from Caserta (Naples). He studies in Como, first at technical schools then at the Scuola Castellini. A master builder at…
Pan Scroll Zoom 9: The Screen ClassRooms
19 March 2021
Pan Scroll Zoom 9: The Screen ClassRooms19 March 2021
…No longer may the teachers demand the attentiveness, presence and alertness that traditionally has been expected of the bodies of the students. Students can now lounge, stroll, wander, eat, sleep,…
Vitruvius: Follow the Footprints
7 December 2020
Vitruvius: Follow the Footprints7 December 2020
…walk toward the vanishing point of the plan, they would arrive at the seaside city in the distance. Finally, several ships are sailing away from the city in open waters…
Dissecting
25 July 2017
Dissecting25 July 2017
…streets. It includes acts of maintenance and conservation, alongside vandalism and demolition, and even temporary constructions which last only for brief periods of time. A single street or space might…
The Rural Homes of Marcelo Ferraz and Francisco Fanucci
13 December 2021
The Rural Homes of Marcelo Ferraz and Francisco Fanucci13 December 2021
…whitewashed wall spliced to the dividing wall can be seen on this side, a kind of white horizontal blade that slowly vanishes from the bottom-up until it is gone, in…
In the Archive: de la Fuente, Unknown, OMA, Ellwood and Ponis
15 February 2023
In the Archive: de la Fuente, Unknown, OMA, Ellwood and Ponis15 February 2023
…as part of their research. I first found myself at Drawing Matter to view the voiles produced by the Chilean architect Jullian de la Fuente under the direction of Le…
Materia 4: Brick
10 January 2023
Materia 4: Brick10 January 2023
…brick. I refer the reader to my previous Drawing Matter article on the rendered wall: https://drawingmatter.org/materia-render/. The Monadnock and Kearsage building, Chicago, designed by architects Daniel Hudson Burnham and John Wellborn…
Two Way Traffic: Japanese Woodblock Prints
12 October 2022
Two Way Traffic: Japanese Woodblock Prints12 October 2022
…from Enlightenment Europe stressed technological advances, particularly optical instruments. Of these, stereoscopes and mechanical devices, European vues d’optique, were popular. In the 1770s, Utagawa Toyoharu (the artist and founder of…
Hélène Binet: The Outsider
19 May 2022
Hélène Binet: The Outsider19 May 2022
– Hélène Binet
…and role. They completely shape our activities and for me as a photographer, they give me a palette to work with. The outsider, the rebel light, doesn’t follow the rules…
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