SOCKS

An online magazine of Art, Architecture, Media, Culture, Sounds, Territories, Technology)

  • Media
  • Art
  • Architecture
  • Culture
  • Sounds
  • Territories
  • Visual Atlas

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 environments. Over-development, growth and dystopia are recurring themes in his axonometric projections, which depict new found cities from a vantage point, with simple geometries as though computer rendered. The built structures in Giblett’s scenario appears as complex algorithms of growth signifying a distinct urban strategy.

The work of Richard Giblett highlights the similarities between our organic and constructed worlds and plays them against one another as opposing forces. Inviting us to contemplate our global, spatial and economic future, the tension between harmonious and conflicting renderings of built and natural environments invokes a dual sense of chaos and calm. Despite the fundamentally apocalyptic view presented in Giblett’s works, negativity is circumvented by the pure aesthetic enjoyment of the objects he creates.  (Melissa Loughnan, from “Architectural algorithms“, Curve magazine, Issue 25, 2008)

 

 

giblett-01

 

giblett-03

 

giblett-04

 

giblett-04-a

 

giblett-05

 

giblett-06

 

giblett-06-a

 

giblett-07

 

giblett-08

 

giblett-09

 

giblett-10

 

giblett-12

 

giblett-13

 

giblett-14

 

giblett-15

 

giblett-16

 

giblett-17

 

giblett-18

 

giblett-19

 

giblett-20

 

giblett-21

 

 

Further reading: 

Texts, from Richard Giblett’s website

Related Posts

  • Herbert Bayer's Small Architectural Projects (1924)

    Herbert Bayer was a prolific graphic designer and typography designer who also worked as a…

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

    We are happy to announce that Mariabruna Fabrizi and Fosco Lucarelli (Socks-Studio / Microcities) will contribute as…

  • The Mechanical-Architectural World of Stijn Jonckheere

    Stijn Jonckheere, a Belgian self-titled "experimental architect", works on the brink of architecture, illustration and…

  • 60's Architectural Reviews illustrations.

    From But does it float, who adds: By abandoning fantasy for the more pragmatic aspects…

  • Kristin Arestav
    From Lines to Volumes: Architectural Drawings by Kristin Arestava

    These enigmatic pencil drawings by Kristin Arestava are an interesting experiment in architectural visualization. The…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr

Socks is a non-linear journey through distant territories of human imagination.

About | Visual Atlas | Topics

We are Mariabruna Fabrizi and Fosco Lucarelli from Microcities. Ask us anything

  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Tumblr


SOCKS is a project by Fosco Lucarelli and Mariabruna Fabrizi of MICROCITIES, Architecture Cityscape, Landscape.
Except where otherwise noted, the content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license.
Whenever possible we try to attribute content (images, videos, and quotes) to their creators and original sources. Please feel free to write us if you notice misattributions or wish something to be removed.
SOCKS is powered by WordPress.