/// CIAM X / Dubrovnik 1956 ///
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/// CIAM X / Dubrovnik 1956 ///
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Hansaviertel´56 // Berlin
Film One Week /// Buster Keaton /// 1920
/// Expo / /// Ciudad total /// 03 May / 15 Jul 2012 /// IVAM / Valencia ///
"Archigram", a group of English architects. Here from left to right, David Greene, Peter Cook, Denis Crompton
Peter Cook
People always use characterless symbolism. Some use toilet paper, others flush the toilet. But at the end of the day, they play the same classic symbolism game. [English] It’s like a game of cards, you see what I want to do. Everything is extremely symbolic and virtual. [English] We, all that we want, is to abolish this symbolism within architecture. Moreover, we also want to sort out the social situation of all this symbolism. And you will see in forty years time. Our architectural design takes into account above all intelligence. This involves you, as we say in English, keeping your ear to the ground. For if you decide to turn a deaf ear, or if you don’t want to understand certain things which in your opinion are the only worthwhile things, you will never see all the possibilities. Us English are very aware of that. For our country is a very industrialised country, you see what I’m saying. And we have to use all our intelligence to survive. This notion of intelligence is crucial for us, for it involves being able to recognise more than just one group of determining factors. It is necessary to know how to take into account all possible factors, the possibility of maybe combining them, making a compromise, and if need be, finding a hybrid solution.
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Flowerlandscape by Franca Alexandra Sonntag
Made in MDL-EDL.11 // IED-Madrid
Once upon a time, a person in the center of Madrid wondered every day if a vase could be something more than just an inert object containing flowers.
This is the story of a continuous experiment in the Master of European Design Labs at the IED Madrid. The analysis of numerous possibilities, the formation of various work models and dialog with the inhabitants of the modernist building at Calle Larra, brought them to the conclusion that a vase could be a marvelous garden full of shades, where nature flowers day by day.
This new ecosystem arose from the symbiosis of two apparently conflicting natures: earth and air. On the one hand, the base symbolizes the physical world of the earth, the place where you can plant. This earthy element is opaque and compact, like the fallen bark of a tree; dark, like the shadows projected on the ground; heavy and dense, like the support element of the roots nestled in the ground, searching for water.
On the other hand, the glass flowers represent the ethereal world. These natural organisms are full of shades, colors and smells that announce their existence and fill the air with their aroma; they are light, like dancers in the wind; beautiful, like rose petals; changing, like the seasons of the year; disperse, like stars in the sky; delicate, like the wings of a butterfly; full of life, and growing towards the sun; romantic, like a sign of affection; fragile and balanced.
Finally, these two existences find their point of equilibrium in this beautiful place, generating a surprising flowerlandscape.
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How to build an Eames shell chair
Book-trailer de “Simiocracia, Crónica de la Gran Resaca Económica”, editada por DeBolsillo, a la venta a partir del 12 de abril de 2012 en librerías y tiendas online. Más información en http://www.aleixsalo.com
EXPOSITION JUSTMAD3
FLOWERLANDSCAPE by Franca Alexandra Sonntag
16-19 February 2012
Contemporary Art Fair I Feria de arte contemporáneo emergente Justmad3
Hotel Silken Puerta AméricaAvenida de América n41 Madrid 28002
Urban Rooms drawn /// Camillo Sitte /// Wien /// 1889
