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The Lenin Institute for Librarianship by Ivan Leonidov (1927)

October 30, 2018 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Ivan Illich Leonidov (1902-1957) designed the Lenin Institute for Librarianship (the collective scientific and cultural center of the USSR) in 1927 as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Representation: Axonometric projection, Representation: Models, Technology Tagged With: constructivism, Lenin, leonidov, Soviet Architecture, Technology

The Search for the “Open Form”: The Extension of the Zacheta Art Gallery by Oskar and Zofia Hansen (1958)

June 15, 2018 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

The project for the extension of the Zacheta Art Gallery was an unbuilt project developed by Polish architects Oskar and Zofia Hansen, with Lech … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Dysfunctional Plans, Representation: Models Tagged With: gallery, open form

Autonomous Neutral Objects: The Combinatorial Models of La Villette’s Folies

December 29, 2014 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

  We've recently stumbled upon these interesting photographs of "maquettes combinatoires" (combinatorial models) of the Park La … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Representation: Models Tagged With: Deconstructivism, folies, form of form, La Villette, Tschumi

“I grew up here, but I never felt entirely part of it”: Marco Tirelli’s Tiny Sculptures

December 8, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

Marco Tirelli grew up at the Swiss Institute in Rome, surrounded by visiting scholars and artists. His father was the manager and he family lived … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Representation: Models Tagged With: form of form, scenes, sculpture, set design, theatre

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