Project without form : OMA, Rem Koolhaas, and the Laboratory of 1989 / Holger Schurk.

Main entry:

Schurk, Holger, 1969- author.

Title & Author:

Project without form : OMA, Rem Koolhaas, and the Laboratory of 1989 / Holger Schurk.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Leipzig : Spector Books, 2022.

Description:

449 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

In 1989, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) developed a daring architectural typology--a "project without form." The setting is a laboratory headed by Rem Koolhaas, in which actors from different disciplines work on three competition challenges at the same time. In the process, the mechanisms of project development and knowledge acquisition merge into increasingly abstract systems and representations. The "project without form" is not built in any of the three cases. The book not only follows the progress of the laboratory in 1989 but also reflects on its prehistory and aftermath, drawing on interviews with various actors at OMA conducted by Holger Schurk. The publication focuses on the hybrid processes of production and representation in the OMA project Très Grande Bibliothèque (TGB) in Paris: these are visualized by means of numerous hitherto unpublished sketches, drawings, and photographs as well as sequences of video stills. Holger Schurk is a lecturer in architecture at the ZHAW in Zurich.

ISBN:

3959053754 paperback
9783959053754 paperback

Subject:

Koolhaas, Rem.
Office for Metropolitan Architecture.
Communication in architectural design.
Communication en design architectural.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 315428
Call No.: 315428
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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