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Gunnar Asplund
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Although a contemporary of Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, Asplund pursued an architecture that does not fit easily into their view of Modernism as a movement that rejected the applied styles and ornamentation of the nineteenth century. Instead, Asplund was at ease with classical or vernacular elements blending with modernist ideals, and displayed a sensitive(...)
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Although a contemporary of Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, Asplund pursued an architecture that does not fit easily into their view of Modernism as a movement that rejected the applied styles and ornamentation of the nineteenth century. Instead, Asplund was at ease with classical or vernacular elements blending with modernist ideals, and displayed a sensitive(...)
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Gunnar Asplund
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Although a contemporary of Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, Asplund pursued an architecture that does not fit easily into their view of Modernism as a movement that rejected the applied styles and ornamentation of the nineteenth century. Instead, Asplund was at ease with classical or vernacular elements blending with modernist ideals, and displayed a sensitive understanding of the relationship between architecture and its surrounding landscape. His abilities are amply demonstrated in masterpieces like the Woodland Cemetery. In 1915 Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz won the competition to plan a new cemetery for Stockholm. Their romantic plan, in which a symbolically straight, narrow pathway abruptly curves blindly away into the forest, and with open fields capped by burial-mound-like hillocks, earned both of them further commissions for buildings within the cemetery. Asplund’s Woodland Chapel of 1920 is tucked into the forest and uses classical elements such as Doric columns, but sparingly and in unusual ways, while manipulating scale in ways that further the spiritual and contemplative nature of the building. The Crematorium and Monument Hall of 1935 are dignified and powerful, unornamented but not austere, to offer comfort to those who use them. The Gothenburg Law Courts, another critical work which was finally completed in 1937, shows how Asplund relates the architecture of Modernism to a historical plan and façade. Buildings such as the architect’s own summer house at Stennäs and the crematoria at Kviberg and Skövde, dating from the later part of his life when he had begun to embrace Modernism, still show traditional classical and vernacular influences and are evidence that not all forms of Modernism constituted a fresh start.
Gunnar Asplund
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Although a contemporary of Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, Asplund pursued an architecture that does not fit easily into their view of Modernism as a movement that rejected the applied styles and ornamentation of the nineteenth century. Instead, Asplund was at ease with classical or vernacular elements blending with modernist ideals, and displayed a sensitive understanding of the relationship between architecture and its surrounding landscape. His abilities are amply demonstrated in masterpieces like the Woodland Cemetery. In 1915 Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz won the competition to plan a new cemetery for Stockholm. Their romantic plan, in which a symbolically straight, narrow pathway abruptly curves blindly away into the forest, and with open fields capped by burial-mound-like hillocks, earned both of them further commissions for buildings within the cemetery. Asplund’s Woodland Chapel of 1920 is tucked into the forest and uses classical elements such as Doric columns, but sparingly and in unusual ways, while manipulating scale in ways that further the spiritual and contemplative nature of the building. The Crematorium and Monument Hall of 1935 are dignified and powerful, unornamented but not austere, to offer comfort to those who use them. The Gothenburg Law Courts, another critical work which was finally completed in 1937, shows how Asplund relates the architecture of Modernism to a historical plan and façade. Buildings such as the architect’s own summer house at Stennäs and the crematoria at Kviberg and Skövde, dating from the later part of his life when he had begun to embrace Modernism, still show traditional classical and vernacular influences and are evidence that not all forms of Modernism constituted a fresh start.
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October 2004, London
October 2004, London
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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Pour la deuxième édition de la Biennale d'Architecture d'Orléans six commissaires ont été invités à conter les récits des solitudes à travers le monde, là où l'architecture est encore une forme d'engagement dans le réel et une « promesse » pour les libertés : Des rêves vus de près revient sur la résistance du groupe brésilien Arquitetura Nova face à la dictature(...)
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Pour la deuxième édition de la Biennale d'Architecture d'Orléans six commissaires ont été invités à conter les récits des solitudes à travers le monde, là où l'architecture est encore une forme d'engagement dans le réel et une « promesse » pour les libertés : Des rêves vus de près revient sur la résistance du groupe brésilien Arquitetura Nova face à la dictature(...)
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Nos années de solitude, Biennale d'Architecture d'Orléans
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Pour la deuxième édition de la Biennale d'Architecture d'Orléans six commissaires ont été invités à conter les récits des solitudes à travers le monde, là où l'architecture est encore une forme d'engagement dans le réel et une « promesse » pour les libertés : Des rêves vus de près revient sur la résistance du groupe brésilien Arquitetura Nova face à la dictature brésilienne (1964-1985) ; Mes réalisations parleront pour moi offre une lecture de l'œuvre algérienne de l'architecte français Fernand Pouillon ; L'étrangère sur terreréunit des artistes et architectes arabes dont l'œuvre participe aux mouvements arabes d'émancipation face aux discours et aux systèmes autoritaires ; De la solitude à la désolation livre une analyse sans concession du Mexique actuel ; l'installation collective L'architecture comme animal mutant est un dispositif d'hybridation où toute créature architecturale se libère de son créateur. Avec AAU Anastas, Rand Abdul Jabbar, Absalon, Yóllotl Alvarado & Tania Ximena, Atelier Manferdini, BairBalliet, Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine, Daphné Bengoa, André Bloc, Santiago Borja, John Cage, Bertrand Cavalier, Nidhal Chamekh, Paloma Contreras Lomas, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Design Earth, Hernan Diaz Alonso, f-architecture collaborative, Miguel Fernández de Castro, Bernard Gachet, Griffin Enright, Günter Günschel, Zaha Hadid, Susan Hefuna, John Hejduk, Anne Huffschmid & Jan-Holger Hennies, Damjan Jovanovic, Alberto Kalach, Ferda Kolatan, Lacaton & Vassal, Karen Lohrmann & Stefano de Martino, Jumana Manna, Fabian Marcaccio, Chris Marker, Ahmed Mater, Lucy McRae, MTL Collective, Julie Nioche, Objectile, Driss Ouadahi, P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, Florencia Pita & Co, Ricardo Porro, Fernand Pouillon, Casey Rehm, Ruy Klein, Beniamino Servino, Servo LA-Stockholm, Sigil Collective, Takk, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Testa & Weiser, Laure Tixier & Hervé Rousseau, Usina_Ctah, Tom Wiscombe, Ezra Wube, Liam Young, Ala Younis.
Nos années de solitude, Biennale d'Architecture d'Orléans
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Pour la deuxième édition de la Biennale d'Architecture d'Orléans six commissaires ont été invités à conter les récits des solitudes à travers le monde, là où l'architecture est encore une forme d'engagement dans le réel et une « promesse » pour les libertés : Des rêves vus de près revient sur la résistance du groupe brésilien Arquitetura Nova face à la dictature brésilienne (1964-1985) ; Mes réalisations parleront pour moi offre une lecture de l'œuvre algérienne de l'architecte français Fernand Pouillon ; L'étrangère sur terreréunit des artistes et architectes arabes dont l'œuvre participe aux mouvements arabes d'émancipation face aux discours et aux systèmes autoritaires ; De la solitude à la désolation livre une analyse sans concession du Mexique actuel ; l'installation collective L'architecture comme animal mutant est un dispositif d'hybridation où toute créature architecturale se libère de son créateur. Avec AAU Anastas, Rand Abdul Jabbar, Absalon, Yóllotl Alvarado & Tania Ximena, Atelier Manferdini, BairBalliet, Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine, Daphné Bengoa, André Bloc, Santiago Borja, John Cage, Bertrand Cavalier, Nidhal Chamekh, Paloma Contreras Lomas, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Design Earth, Hernan Diaz Alonso, f-architecture collaborative, Miguel Fernández de Castro, Bernard Gachet, Griffin Enright, Günter Günschel, Zaha Hadid, Susan Hefuna, John Hejduk, Anne Huffschmid & Jan-Holger Hennies, Damjan Jovanovic, Alberto Kalach, Ferda Kolatan, Lacaton & Vassal, Karen Lohrmann & Stefano de Martino, Jumana Manna, Fabian Marcaccio, Chris Marker, Ahmed Mater, Lucy McRae, MTL Collective, Julie Nioche, Objectile, Driss Ouadahi, P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, Florencia Pita & Co, Ricardo Porro, Fernand Pouillon, Casey Rehm, Ruy Klein, Beniamino Servino, Servo LA-Stockholm, Sigil Collective, Takk, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Testa & Weiser, Laure Tixier & Hervé Rousseau, Usina_Ctah, Tom Wiscombe, Ezra Wube, Liam Young, Ala Younis.
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December 2019
December 2019
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Biennial
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"Last Landscapes" is an exploration of the cult and celebration of death, loss and memory. It traces the history and design of burial places throughout Europe and the USA, ranging from the picturesque tradition of the village churchyard to tightly packed ‘cities of the dead’, such as the Jewish Cemetery in Prague and Père Lachaise in Paris. Other landscapes that feature(...)
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"Last Landscapes" is an exploration of the cult and celebration of death, loss and memory. It traces the history and design of burial places throughout Europe and the USA, ranging from the picturesque tradition of the village churchyard to tightly packed ‘cities of the dead’, such as the Jewish Cemetery in Prague and Père Lachaise in Paris. Other landscapes that feature(...)
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Last landscapes : the architecture of the cemetery in the west
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"Last Landscapes" is an exploration of the cult and celebration of death, loss and memory. It traces the history and design of burial places throughout Europe and the USA, ranging from the picturesque tradition of the village churchyard to tightly packed ‘cities of the dead’, such as the Jewish Cemetery in Prague and Père Lachaise in Paris. Other landscapes that feature in this book include the war cemeteries of northern France, Viking burial islands in central Sweden, Etruscan tombs and early Christian catacombs in Italy, the 17th-century Portuguese–Jewish cemetery 'Beth Haim' at Ouderkerk in the Netherlands, Forest Lawns in California, Derek Jarman’s garden in Kent and the Stockholm Woodland Cemetery. It is a fact that architecture ‘began with the tomb', yet, as Ken Worpole shows us in Last Landscapes, many historic cemeteries have been demolished or abandoned in recent times (notably the case with Jewish cemeteries in Eastern Europe), and there has been an increasing loss of inscription and memorialization in the modern urban cemetery. Too often cemeteries today are both poorly designed and physically and culturally marginalized. Worse, cremation denies a full architectural response to the mystery and solemnity of death. The author explores how modes of disposal – burial, cremation, inhumation in mausoleums and wall tombs – vary across Europe and North America, according to religious and other cultural influences. And Last Landscapes raises profound questions as to how, in an age of mass cremation, architects and landscape designers might create meaningful structures and settings in the absence of a body, since for most of history the human body itself has provided the fundamental structural scale. This evocative book also contemplates other forms of memorialization within modern societies, from sculptures to parks, most notably the extraordinary Duisberg Park, set in a former giant steelworks in Germany’s Ruhr Valley.
Last landscapes : the architecture of the cemetery in the west
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"Last Landscapes" is an exploration of the cult and celebration of death, loss and memory. It traces the history and design of burial places throughout Europe and the USA, ranging from the picturesque tradition of the village churchyard to tightly packed ‘cities of the dead’, such as the Jewish Cemetery in Prague and Père Lachaise in Paris. Other landscapes that feature in this book include the war cemeteries of northern France, Viking burial islands in central Sweden, Etruscan tombs and early Christian catacombs in Italy, the 17th-century Portuguese–Jewish cemetery 'Beth Haim' at Ouderkerk in the Netherlands, Forest Lawns in California, Derek Jarman’s garden in Kent and the Stockholm Woodland Cemetery. It is a fact that architecture ‘began with the tomb', yet, as Ken Worpole shows us in Last Landscapes, many historic cemeteries have been demolished or abandoned in recent times (notably the case with Jewish cemeteries in Eastern Europe), and there has been an increasing loss of inscription and memorialization in the modern urban cemetery. Too often cemeteries today are both poorly designed and physically and culturally marginalized. Worse, cremation denies a full architectural response to the mystery and solemnity of death. The author explores how modes of disposal – burial, cremation, inhumation in mausoleums and wall tombs – vary across Europe and North America, according to religious and other cultural influences. And Last Landscapes raises profound questions as to how, in an age of mass cremation, architects and landscape designers might create meaningful structures and settings in the absence of a body, since for most of history the human body itself has provided the fundamental structural scale. This evocative book also contemplates other forms of memorialization within modern societies, from sculptures to parks, most notably the extraordinary Duisberg Park, set in a former giant steelworks in Germany’s Ruhr Valley.
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June 2003, London
June 2003, London
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Gardens
Gardens
