"When you are writing, you're alone, and as you can see, in architecture you're never alone... It is interesting to use one against the other." "They (inside/outside of buildings, structures) became equally suffocating." - Rem Koolhaas
"When you are writing, you're alone, and as you can see, in architecture you're never alone... It is interesting to use one against the other." "They (inside/outside of buildings, structures) became equally suffocating." - Rem Koolhaas
Markus Heidingsfelder & Min Tesch, Rem Koolhaas. A kind of architect, Arthouse Films 2008. "Rarely has an architect caused as much sensation outside of the architecture community as Rem Koolhaas. “Rem Koolhaas. A kind of architect” is an engaging portrait of a visionary man, which takes us to the heart of his ideas. Rem Koolhaas: “it’s the only film about me that I have liked.”
rk: "one of the exciting things about architecture is that it gives you so many reasons to be modest, because there are so many levels at which you can fail." (!)
one of the (many) exciting things about rem koolhaas is that he can claim modesty, of all things, while simultaneously alluding to how fantastic his super-complex work is.
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Anybody know who made the trailer? Looks like it might be Imaginary Forces?
Markus Heidingsfelder & Min Tesch, Rem Koolhaas. A kind of architect, Arthouse Films 2008.
"Rarely has an architect caused as much sensation outside of the architecture community as Rem Koolhaas. “Rem Koolhaas. A kind of architect” is an engaging portrait of a visionary man, which takes us to the heart of his ideas. Rem Koolhaas: “it’s the only film about me that I have liked.”
That middle bit with the city infographics is cribbed from Royksopp's music video for 'Remind Me.' I think H5 did the graphics on it...
rk: "one of the exciting things about architecture is that it gives you so many reasons to be modest, because there are so many levels at which you can fail." (!)
one of the (many) exciting things about rem koolhaas is that he can claim modesty, of all things, while simultaneously alluding to how fantastic his super-complex work is.
u mean there will be a film about rem at a theatre near u? serious?
a kind of fan of OMA :)
for the people of the kind, my page:
http://afasiaarq.blogspot.com/
wow all those computer animations look really cool and with rem's explanations it is even cooler!
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