Six Canonical Projects by Rem Koolhaas
| Titel: | Six Canonical Projects by Rem Koolhaas |
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| Veröffentlicht: | [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : jovis Verlag, 2015 |
| Umfang: | 1 electronic resource (370 Seiten p.) |
| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| ISBN: | 9783868592191 |
Rem Koolhaas has been part of the international avant-garde since thenineteen-seventies and has been named the Pritzker Architecture Prizefor the year 2000. This book, which builds on six canonical Koolhaasprojects, traces the discursive practice behind the design methods usedby Koolhaas and his office OMA. It uncovers recurring key themes--such aswall, void, montage, trajectory, infrastructure, and shape--that havestructured this design discourse over the span of Koolhaas's oeuvre. Thebook moves beyond the six core pieces, as well: It explores how theseidentified thematic design principles manifest in other works byKoolhaas as both practical re-applications and further elaborations.
Inaddition to Koolhaas's individual genius, these textual and materiallayers are accounted for shaping the very context of his work'srelevance. By comparing the design principles with relevant conceptsfrom the architectural Zeitgeist in which Koolhaas has operated, thestudy moves beyond its specific subject--Rem Koolhaas--and provides novelinsight into the broader history of architectural ideas
