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Points and Lines: Diagrams and Projects for the City
Points + Diagrams and Projects for the City is a book of New York architect Stan Allen's writings and projects that propose new architectural strategies for the contemporary city. Organized in the form of a user's manual, it juxtaposes speculative texts outlining Allen's general principles with specific projects created by his office.
The book's title refers to this interplay of practice and theory, evoking not only the points of activity and the paths of movement found in a contemporary city but also the points of speculation and lines of argument in theoretical discourse.
Projects include the Cardiff Bay Opera House, Wales; the Korean-American Museum of Art, Los Angeles; the Museo del Prado, Madrid; and White Columns Gallery, New York. Each project is accompanied by explanatory text as well as numerous drawings, models, photographs, and computer renderings. K. Michael Hays contributes an introductory essay; R. E. Somol writes the postscript.
The book's title refers to this interplay of practice and theory, evoking not only the points of activity and the paths of movement found in a contemporary city but also the points of speculation and lines of argument in theoretical discourse.
Projects include the Cardiff Bay Opera House, Wales; the Korean-American Museum of Art, Los Angeles; the Museo del Prado, Madrid; and White Columns Gallery, New York. Each project is accompanied by explanatory text as well as numerous drawings, models, photographs, and computer renderings. K. Michael Hays contributes an introductory essay; R. E. Somol writes the postscript.
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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August 16, 2023
Organization, Heirarchy
How buildings can perform in cities (anticipate, receive future activities), how buildings can perform like cities.
Culture & media savvy
From "Infrastructural Urbanism":
On the B-24 bomber being produced rapidly in a factory, and later being a museum piece;
"If the factory floor is the ideal space of early modernism, then the museum is the emblematic space postmodernity"
How buildings can perform in cities (anticipate, receive future activities), how buildings can perform like cities.
Culture & media savvy
From "Infrastructural Urbanism":
On the B-24 bomber being produced rapidly in a factory, and later being a museum piece;
"If the factory floor is the ideal space of early modernism, then the museum is the emblematic space postmodernity"
August 9, 2011
una gran referencia a aquellos que quieran intervenir la ciudad
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