Celebrating the Marvellous
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Surrealism in Architecture

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Surrealism in Architecture

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We are entering a new era of architecture that is technologically enhanced, virtual and synthetic. Contemporary architects operate in a creative environment that is both real and digital; mixed, augmented and hybridised. This world consists of ecstasies, fears, fetishisms and phantoms, processes and spatiality that can best be described as Surrealist. Though too long dormant, Surrealism has been a significant cultural force in modern architecture. Founded by poet André Breton in Paris in 1924 as an artistic, intellectual and literary movement, architects such as Le Corbusier, Diller + Scofidio, Bernard Tschumi and John Hejduk realised its evocative powers to propel them to 'starchitect' status. Rem Koolhaas most famously illustrated Delirious New York (1978) with Madelon Vriesendorp's compelling Surrealist images.

Architects are now reviving the power of Surrealism to inspire and explore the ramifications of advanced technology. Architects' studios in practices and schools are becoming places where nothing is forbidden. Architectural languages and theories are 'mashed' together, approaches are permissively appropriated, and styles are not mutually exclusive. Projects are polemic, postmodern and surreally media savvy. Today's architects must compose space that operates across the spatial spectrum. Surrealism, with its multiple readings of the city, its collage semiotics, its extruded forms and artificial landscapes, is an ideal source for contemporary architectural inspiration.

Contributors include: Bryan Cantley, Nic Clear, James Eagle, Natalie Gall, Mark Morris, Dagmar Motycka Weston, Alberto Perez-Gomez, Shaun Murray, Anthony Vidler, and Elizabeth Anne Williams.

Featured architects: Nigel Coates, Hernan Diaz Alonso, Perry Kulper, and Mark West.

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Publisher
Academy Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9781119254430
Edition
1
Topic
Architecture
Subtopic
Conception architecturale

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Copyright Page
  5. About the Guest-Editor
  6. Introduction: That was Then, This is Now and Next
  7. Architecture After the Rain
  8. Surrealism and Architectural Atmosphere
  9. Moody Attunement in Giorgio de Chirico’s Metaphysical City
  10. Alien Ossuary: The HR Giger Museum Bar
  11. Making A Spectacle Of Society (Thoughts on Surreality)
  12. A Simply Marvellous Reaction: Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response and the Desk Tutorial
  13. As the Levee Breaks: Entrusting the Surreal Mississippi
  14. Hearing Trumpets, Errant Furniture and Architectural Magic: Arch Combinatoria and the Horizontal Forest
  15. The Shadowy Thickening of Space and Time with Chance: An Interview with the Quay Brothers
  16. Surrealist Thames-side Piers: Tellurian Relics
  17. Silver Parrots: Mischievous Characters and Feathered Aerialists
  18. Magic Craftsmanship: A Glimpse into Bryan Cantley’s Thirdspace
  19. Architecture in Aqueous Flux: The CaCO3 Depositional House
  20. Transcending Geometry: The Longhouse
  21. Directions for Getting Lost: Or How to Change Your Mind
  22. Subterranean Speculations: The Chthonopolis
  23. Counterpoint: ‘Sur’ Realism: After Surrealism Comes Hyperrealism
  24. Contributors
  25. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: SURREALISM IN ARCHITECTURE
  26. What is Architectural Design?
  27. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: FORTHCOMING AD TITLES
  28. EULA