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Franz Uibelakers was a German mineralogist. In his work, “System des Karlsbader Sinters” (1781) he presented sections of stalactites and stalagmites from the caverns of Karlsbad in Germany carefully depicted by German scientific illustrator Lachenbauer. The thirty-nine hand-colored plates are … Read More
Belgrade-based Irena Gajic clearly reveals her architectural background in her illustrations. Most of her works, commissioned by magazines and by exhibitions, rely on oblique projections and feature colorful interiors, rooms, and complex buildings, ranging from seemingly archaic structures to modern industrial plants. The speculative series Nine Rooms to Die In was commissioned to Irena by … Read More
I had the pleasure of meeting Norwegian architect Espen Vatn in Chicago at his lecture at the UIC School of Architecture in 2018. Among the many brilliants projects he showed in this occasion, this one realized with Andrea Pinochet, James Hamilton, Richard Øiestad and Børre Mølstad, simply stood out. The 12 plans and models of In … Read More
The Eastern Workers village at Amarna in Egypt (c. 1349-1332 BCE) was a walled settlement located in the North-East side of the city and intended for the artisans who worked on the rock-cut tombs and temples not far away. Built during the reign of Pharaoh Akhenaten for a population of about 300 people, it shows … Read More
The urban plan for the district of Pendrecht, in the south of Rotterdam, is one of the most representative projects of the urban theories developed in Europe in the post-war period. It was part of a series of studies for the expansion of Rotterdam through polders, artificial sectors of land gained on the water, often … Read More
A hugely influential Dutch architect and theorist, Aldo Van Eyck conducted a thirty-years-long (1947 – 1978) research through practice designing hundreds of public playgrounds in Amsterdam while working for the Urban Development Department. Appeared after World War II, (the first one was built in 1947), the playgrounds slowly found their place in derelict sectors … Read More
In 1953, Alison and Peter Smithson designed a house for themselves for an infill site in Colville place in Soho neighborhood, in London, on an area bombed during the war. Confronted with the everyday reality of post-war England, the Smithsons decided to accept the given conditions, those of ‘a society that had nothing‘ (*). The … Read More
‘Mehr Licht!’ (More light!) cried writer and color theorist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe just before dying. Mehr Licht ! is also the title of a series of works by French illustrator, comic artist, and artist tout court Jochen Gerner, a selection of illustrations of whom we have already featured on Socks. The work, an investigation on … Read More
Pia-Mélissa Laroche is an illustrator living and working in Paris, France. Her works, often represented through axonometric projections, depict absurd archaeological islands in decontextualized territories. Populated by objects/architectures coming from the author’s own experience, these territories become settings for potential narratives. Following are graphite drawings from four series: “Hyper Demeures”, “5 Spectres”, “Les futuribles”, “Lieu … Read More
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