Thoughts on Eric Owen Moss' Gated Gateway Tower

2019-05-19T13:39:00-04:00

Some rumors suggest Samitaur Tower, a project completed by Eric Owen Moss, will open in relation to some milestone for the adjacent public transportation system; others claim it is condemned for exceeding the maximum allowable height according to Culver City’s Zoning Charter. But it is more likely that the act of transgression was designed into the Tower.

Student Works: Questioning monumentality at Cal Poly Pomona

2016-01-29T11:41:00-05:00

What defines a monument? According to “The Heresy of Function, Reprise,” a senior project studio at Cal Poly Pomona run by Frank Clementi (of Rios Clementi Hale Studios), the essence of a monument isn’t based on its utility (or overt lack thereof), but rather its intangible qualities or “meaning.” In order to investigate the apparent meaning of a monument, this Student Works explores the metaphysical import and power of various famous monuments by attaching architectural “prosthetics” to them, applying a programmatic addition to “create a complete, if however incongruous, symbiosis of function and meaning.”

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Thoughts on Eric Owen Moss' Gated Gateway Tower

Student Works: Questioning monumentality at Cal Poly Pomona