Six Canonical Projects by Rem Koolhaas: Essays on the History of Ideas

Ingrid Böck

Published by JOVIS Verlag GmbH 2015

Six Canonical Projects by Rem Koolhaas

Essays on the History of Ideas

Ingrid Böck

Volume 5 in the series architektur + analyse

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783868598919

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Rem Koolhaas has been part of the international avant-garde since the nineteen-seventies and has been named the Pritzker Architecture Prize for the year 2000. This book, which builds on six canonical Koolhaas projects, traces the discursive practice behind the design methods used by Koolhaas and his office OMA. It uncovers recurring key themes—such as wall, void, montage, trajectory, infrastructure, and shape—that have structured this design discourse over the span of Koolhaas's oeuvre. The book moves beyond the six core pieces, as well: It explores how these identified thematic design principles manifest in other works by Koolhaas as both practical re-applications and further elaborations.
In addition to Koolhaas's individual genius, these textual and material layers are accounted for shaping the very context of his work's relevance. By comparing the design principles with relevant concepts from the architectural Zeitgeist in which Koolhaas has operated, the study moves beyond its specific subject—Rem Koolhaas—and provides novel insight into the broader history of architectural ideas.

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Ingrid Böck

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
TABLE OF contents Publicly Available Download PDF	4
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Biographical Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
1. Wall: exodus, or the voluntary prisoners of architecture, London 1972
The Wall as a Means of Division, Exclusion, and Difference Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
The Ideal City and Other Models of Utopian Life Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Utopia Zero Degree, or Freedom Beyond Planning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
2. Void: Ville Nouvelle Melun-Sénart, Paris 1987
Failed Agencies of Modern Urbanism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Void and Future Development Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Void as Environment of Control and Choice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
The Armature of Genericity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
3. Montage: maison à Bordeaux, France 1994–1998
Dismantling Modernist Fragments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
The Rational and Irrational Side of Architecture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
Montage and Filmic Reality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
4. Trajectory: Dutch Embassy, Berlin 1999–2003
The Trajectory as Lived Experience of the Body Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Identity and Aura, or The Trajectory as Historical Narrative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Junkspace as the End of the Typical and the Generic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
5. Infrastructure: Public Library, Seattle 1999–2004
Expanding the Program of Semi-Public Space Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
Infrastructure Diagrams of Circulation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Technological Determinism and the Public Sphere Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	294
6. Shape: CCTV, Beijing 2002–2008
The Outdated Typology of the Skyscraper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Neo-Liberal Conditions of Architectural Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	338
Name Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
Imprint Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	368

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Language: English
Publisher: JOVIS Verlag GmbH
Pages
- Main content: 368
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- Other: 138 farb. und s/w Abb.
Keywords: Architekturtheorie; Ideengeschichte des Entwerfen; Konzepte; Architektur-Avantgarde; Entwurfsmethode

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Published: July 31, 2015
ISBN: 9783868598919

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Published: May 15, 2015
ISBN: 9783868592191