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S.Tigerman and G.L. Crabtree: The Formal Generators of Structure, 1975

July 2, 2016 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

"The Formal Generators of Structure" is a sequence of drawings which explore orthogonal forms. The research starts from the square and the cross, two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Culture Tagged With: Architecture, form of form, illustrations, information graphics, world weird web

Fireworks at Parc de la Villette, Paris, by Bernard Tschumi, 1992

July 1, 2016 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

In 1974, Swiss architect Bernard Tschumi developed the theme of fireworks as an architectural manifesto. Fostering a fierce reaction against the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Technology Tagged With: Architecture, form of form, Technology, visions

John Hejduk’s Diamond House A (1963-1967)

June 30, 2016 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

  In 1962 architect and educator John Hejduk (1929-2000) started a six-year investigation on the architectural implications of the "diamond … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture Tagged With: form of form, formal configuration, hejduk, House

A “Palladian” Villa in Sweden: The Norrköping House by Sverre Fehn (1963-64)

June 18, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 10 Comments

The Norrköping Villa was designed by Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn in 1963-64 as a model architecture for an ideal family of four. The 150 m2 house … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Housing the Isolated Individual Tagged With: autonomous, autonomy, form of form, House, simmetry

“A Given Moment of a Fleeting Reality”: Banco Pinto & Sotto Mayor in Oliveira de Azeméis by Álvaro Siza Vieira (1971-1974)

June 16, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

At the start of the seventies, Porto-born architect Álvaro Siza Vieira completed a series of small-scale projects in the north of Portugal, close to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture Tagged With: drawings, form of form, models, sketches

“Irrational Thoughts Should be Followed Absolutely and Logically”: Sol LeWitt’s “Variations of Incomplete Open Cubes” (1974)

June 15, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 2 Comments

In 1974, American artist Sol LeWitt created one of his major works, a seminal piece on the themes of seriality and variation, the series entitled … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: conceptual art, form of form, grid, seriality, variation

The Form of Form [Announcing the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2016]

December 14, 2015 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

We are happy to announce that Mariabruna Fabrizi and Fosco Lucarelli (Socks-Studio / Microcities) will contribute as content curators to "The Form of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: form of form, Lisbon Triennale 2016

Monument for Every Situation, Lygia Clark (1964)

March 10, 2015 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Monumento para todas as situações ("Monument for Every Situation"), is a series of small-scale objects created by Lygia Clark  in 1964. (See also in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: form of form, monument, sculpture

“Agricultural City” by Kisho Kurokawa (1960)

February 24, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 3 Comments

Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa survived the Ise Bay Typhoon in 1959 and his experience inspired the design for an "Agricultural City" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Territories Tagged With: agriculture city, form of form, grids, growth, Japan

Simmetry and Alignments: The Temple of Horus in Edfu

February 21, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

One of the best preserved temples in Egypt is devoted to the falcon god Horus and was built between 237 and 57 BCE during the Ptolemaic Period. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture Tagged With: Egypt, form of form, geometry, temple

Erwin Heerich’s Abstract Geometrical Compositions (and Other Works)

January 30, 2015 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

German artist Erwin Heerich (1922-2004) used to work mostly with cardboard and polystyrene, materials which he believed didn't have any specific … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art Tagged With: drawings, form of form, isometric, sculpture

Breaking Ground (2011-2014) by Allan Wexler

January 11, 2015 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Allan Wexler is one of those figures whose work is difficult to classify within conventional boundaries. Working since forty five years in the fields … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: cray models, form of form, models

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

Waiting Land: Ideal Homes / Interiors / Inventory (Karen Lohrmann & Stefano de Martino 2001-2013)

November 27, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

Waiting Land is an art and landscape project  devised by Lorma Marti , the collaborative practice of Stefano de Martino and Karen Lohrmann. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: form of form

The Observatory by Robert Morris (1971)

October 29, 2014 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 3 Comments

The Observatory is a land-art piece by Robert Morris located in Flevoland, in the Netherlands. The first version of the project was created by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Territories Tagged With: astronomy, form of form, landart, stonehenge

Gordon Matta-Clark’s “Reality Properties: Fake Estates” (1973)

October 22, 2014 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

Starting in the summer of 1973, artist Gordon Matta-Clark purchased fifteen lots in the city of New York, fourteen in Queens and one in Staten Island. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: conceptual, form of form, land art, map, New York, property

Richard Giblett’s Architectural Algorithms

October 16, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli Leave a Comment

Richard Giblett (B.1966, Hong Kong), an artist living and working in Melbourne, creates bi and three-dimensional works as explorations of urban … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Representation: Axonometric projection, Territories Tagged With: alhorithms, cities, dystopia, form of form, geometry

Franco Purini: Study of Architectural Elements (1968)

October 12, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

The number 11-12 (Nov-Dec 1972) of Italian architecture magazine Controspazio presented a retrospective of the earliest "design researches" by the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Representation: Axonometric projection Tagged With: drawings, form of form

Corner Solutions of Mies Van Der Rohe’s towers (John Winter, 1972)

October 7, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli 5 Comments

In the February 1972 issue of The Architectural Review, the architect, writer and Architectural Association teacher John Winter analysed the design … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture Tagged With: corner, drawings, form of form, Mies

Ettore Sottsass Jr.’s Metaphors (1972-1979)

September 9, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli 2 Comments

"He starts leaving discrete signs in the landscape, almost invisible traces, he continues building real architectures or metaphors of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Art, Territories Tagged With: desert, form of form, land art, metaphors

Klaus Rinke: Time, Space, Body, Transformations

September 1, 2014 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 2 Comments

Klaus Rinke is a German artist who explored several artistic means (painting, sculpture) before concentrating on body art. He especially used the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Culture Tagged With: body art, form of form, time

The St.Benedictusberg Abbey at Vaals by Hans Van der Laan

August 17, 2014 by Mariabruna Fabrizi 5 Comments

The St.Benedictusberg Abbey at Vaals (Netherlands) is a Benedectin Abbey which was built starting in 1922 as a simple quadrilater with two towers … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architecture, Culture Tagged With: form of form, proportions, religious architecture, theory

“I haven’t found a measure yet / To calibrate my displeasure yet”: The design sensibility of post-punk band WIRE

August 3, 2014 by Fosco Lucarelli 1 Comment

  The stark urgency and clean lines of their prose mirrored the light-metal severity of groups like Wire, the Banshees, and Gang of Four, just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Media, Sounds Tagged With: album, cover, form of form, music, post-punk

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