i'm working on a research based around the technique of collage in architecture and its representation.
I have already done a fair bit of research on the origins of the medium and particularly on it's use by Dada artists, as a shoking and provoking medium. I have drawn parallels with the way Archigram embraced the medium to break conventions, but also to draw contemporary elements in their architecture. Focusing on the collages for the Istant City, i've realised the presentation medium actually transcribed the notions of flexibility and mobility of the project.
I am trying to expand my research to other uses of collage either in architecture itself, its representation, or both. Obviously with technolgy development, collage/photomontage has become a standard to the point that some photomontages can be mistaken for photographs. I am interested in the non-seamless uses of the medium (although i would also be interested to see some nice hyper realistic photomontages for comparison)
can anybody think of architects who have been using collage technique in their work?
for an especially "non-seamless" approach to collage, check out the surrealists' exquisite corpse game.
then you might also look at corb's translations of picasso and leger work into collage and painting through which he explored architectural/spatial/compositional thinking. a recent interview with richard meier posted here last week noted how meier still work through things via collage when on a plane or otherwise killing time.
came to TTU and gave a lecture on the use of collage in his work and how collage can be applied across all fields of design. It was a pretty captivating lecture. And the most interesting thing about the whole lecture was that despite his "street cred" he has degrees in French Literature and Philosophy. He was astonishingly well spoken and eloquent considering his profession/background/persona.
John Cage gets wrapped up in someone else's Architecture:
"I often think of architecture as a game of skill and chance, party to
certain rules (and rule bending), prone to subterfuge, conceit, the
thrilling and the unexpected. And you can’t tell architects – who
by turns accept chance and deploy skill, to different degrees and in
different ways – how to play the game. With architecture, it seems,
chance is never alone, demanding always the gloss of its more
stringent bedfellow. Indeterminacy has a different allure. But its
place in relation to architecture needs to be approached carefully,
remembering what has been referred to as the contemporary Zeitgeist
which, with ‘a generalised vocabulary of contingency, unpredictability,
chance effects and indeterminacy’, parades itself as a kind of rebellion
against the ‘excesses’ of ‘the modern’.
When I first presented these thoughts I started by playing a few
minutes of John Cage’s stories,.."
Daniel Libeskind's thesis at Cooper Union relied on literally collaging fragments of Mies and Corb plans to create new and disjointed spaces. (See the first Education of an Architect) It's a project and method that has heavily influenced his work from that point on, for better or for worse.
Also, almost as a sequel to Rowe, find D. Graham Shane's recently published book called "Recombinant Urbanism".
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I remember those collages in Education of an Architect I from back in the late 1970s; had no idea who did them back then, and vaguely recall later learning they were by Libeskind. I could probably find some very old "xerox" copies if I looked hard enough. Now in retrospect, I'd say they had a strong, albeit subliminal, influence on some of my operations. And add to that an early CAD training (1983), the whole 'cut and paste' ethos of computer processing, along with the overall ease of data manipulation, then opened a whole new field with respect to architectural drawing.
thanks for the numerous replies. i've had a quick look at all of the links, but think i need a bit more time to digest them properly.
one little question though: what exactly is the quondam website? a collection of random visual stimuli by different artists, or the work of a single person? (the pieces dont seem to be credited)
Collaging with an architectonic intent may help you to get to a building quicker. For example, consider how the images are connected to each other graphically within the collage.
Never read Darden before, but just came across a coincidental passage--"The project is primarily two theaters which turn their backs on each other across the originary wall." (page 29).
Collage Architecture
Hi all!
i'm working on a research based around the technique of collage in architecture and its representation.
I have already done a fair bit of research on the origins of the medium and particularly on it's use by Dada artists, as a shoking and provoking medium. I have drawn parallels with the way Archigram embraced the medium to break conventions, but also to draw contemporary elements in their architecture. Focusing on the collages for the Istant City, i've realised the presentation medium actually transcribed the notions of flexibility and mobility of the project.
I am trying to expand my research to other uses of collage either in architecture itself, its representation, or both. Obviously with technolgy development, collage/photomontage has become a standard to the point that some photomontages can be mistaken for photographs. I am interested in the non-seamless uses of the medium (although i would also be interested to see some nice hyper realistic photomontages for comparison)
can anybody think of architects who have been using collage technique in their work?
thanks in advance!
for an especially "non-seamless" approach to collage, check out the surrealists' exquisite corpse game.
then you might also look at corb's translations of picasso and leger work into collage and painting through which he explored architectural/spatial/compositional thinking. a recent interview with richard meier posted here last week noted how meier still work through things via collage when on a plane or otherwise killing time.
also check out the representations of new babylon.
it's a book - collage city - and it oughta be required reading.
...but doesn't have a whole lot to do with collaging, exactly. more of a metaphor.
came to TTU and gave a lecture on the use of collage in his work and how collage can be applied across all fields of design. It was a pretty captivating lecture. And the most interesting thing about the whole lecture was that despite his "street cred" he has degrees in French Literature and Philosophy. He was astonishingly well spoken and eloquent considering his profession/background/persona.
Virtual Domain 002
Virtual Domain 003
Virtual Domain 004
Virtual Domain 005
Room with a View
"spooky house"
It's interesting how Robert Venturi's collage perspective of the National Collegiate Football Hall of Fame (1967)
predates Archigram's Instant City (1968) by one year.
One could say that Venturi's collage is an updated POP version of the earlier collages by Mies van der Rohe.
MoMA
John Cage gets wrapped up in someone else's Architecture:
"I often think of architecture as a game of skill and chance, party to
certain rules (and rule bending), prone to subterfuge, conceit, the
thrilling and the unexpected. And you can’t tell architects – who
by turns accept chance and deploy skill, to different degrees and in
different ways – how to play the game. With architecture, it seems,
chance is never alone, demanding always the gloss of its more
stringent bedfellow. Indeterminacy has a different allure. But its
place in relation to architecture needs to be approached carefully,
remembering what has been referred to as the contemporary Zeitgeist
which, with ‘a generalised vocabulary of contingency, unpredictability,
chance effects and indeterminacy’, parades itself as a kind of rebellion
against the ‘excesses’ of ‘the modern’.
When I first presented these thoughts I started by playing a few
minutes of John Cage’s stories,.."
Games of Skill and Chance
Renata Tyszczuk
nice collages lauf...
here are some of Richard Meier's collages, mentioned above;
via
Ben Nicholson has written a good essay on collaging. I'll look it out if I get a moment.
Antoine Predock does alot of designing with collages. Check him out.
Thanks AP, and lately there's been some digital collaging...
...of BIG even, and more and more.
Daniel Libeskind's thesis at Cooper Union relied on literally collaging fragments of Mies and Corb plans to create new and disjointed spaces. (See the first Education of an Architect) It's a project and method that has heavily influenced his work from that point on, for better or for worse.
Also, almost as a sequel to Rowe, find D. Graham Shane's recently published book called "Recombinant Urbanism".
I remember those collages in Education of an Architect I from back in the late 1970s; had no idea who did them back then, and vaguely recall later learning they were by Libeskind. I could probably find some very old "xerox" copies if I looked hard enough. Now in retrospect, I'd say they had a strong, albeit subliminal, influence on some of my operations. And add to that an early CAD training (1983), the whole 'cut and paste' ethos of computer processing, along with the overall ease of data manipulation, then opened a whole new field with respect to architectural drawing.
For example:
http://www.quondam.com/01/0002.htm
http://www.quondam.com/01/0039.htm
http://www.quondam.com/01/0040.htm
http://www.quondam.com/01/0041.htm
http://www.quondam.com/01/0042.htm
http://www.quondam.com/01/0043.htm
http://www.quondam.com/01/0044.htm
http://www.quondam.com/01/0045.htm
http://www.quondam.com/01/0046.htm
http://www.quondam.com/01/0047.htm
note Le Corbusier's Palais des Congres plan is within Libeskind's collages and some of the above.
Ottopian House II
Ottopian House II
hi!
thanks for the numerous replies. i've had a quick look at all of the links, but think i need a bit more time to digest them properly.
one little question though: what exactly is the quondam website? a collection of random visual stimuli by different artists, or the work of a single person? (the pieces dont seem to be credited)
thanks again!
See Douglas Darden.
to84, you just inspired Quondam's newest definition. Thanks.
appliance house, also EDUCATION OF AN ARCHITECT has some work of libeskind's thesis work. very interesting stuff.
after doing some reading of previous post, I'm behind the times already. never mind.
superstudio..? (photoshop before photoshop...)
Superstudio, Continuous Monument, 1969
MVRDV, Costa Iberica, 2000
Collage was also implemented throughout Roma Interrotta. for example...
Sartogo, 1977
Collaging with an architectonic intent may help you to get to a building quicker. For example, consider how the images are connected to each other graphically within the collage.
Kahn. Dominican Sisters' Convent, 1965-68
Stirling/Wilford. Science Center, 1979-87
See Darden
http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/oxygen-house.html
Never read Darden before, but just came across a coincidental passage--"The project is primarily two theaters which turn their backs on each other across the originary wall." (page 29).
Bernini's Due Teatri
Piranesi's double theater
inspirational, yes, but is it collage?
Maison Dom-ino Legacy
Maison Millennium?
Maison Millennium?
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