The featured image of phase two of the installation is sampled from reknowned photographer Edward Burtynsky (http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/index.html / http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/WORKS/China/Large_Images_Book/CHNA_UBR_05_04.htm). According to his artist's statement, Burtynsky states that his images "are meant as metaphors to the dilemma of our modern existence; they search for a dialogue between attraction and repulsion, seduction and fear. "
Following from the last question asking "How do we design cities?" phase two of the installation offers the question "How are we planning buildings?" The wordplay is meant to deconstruct the traditional paramaters of design oriented focus on building creation, scaling the lens of focus out from the notion of the building as a singular object to the interplay of buildings within their larger societal context.
A question arises: "Where are the people?"
2 comments:
The siting and strategy of this project is fantastic. I have heard many people guessing who did this -- here were some of the attempts:
1. It must have been ChinaLab?
Response from one of the Chinalab participants -- "I wish we had thought of that".
2. Has corporate advertising finally arrived at the GSAPP?
3. Why would students have spent money on this?
4.I think it changed from last week to this week? Did you notice what it said before?
Not one person walked up the stairs without wondering where it came from.
And so.... -- you should keep changing it. Over time people will start remembering what was there before and finally the comments will be about the content -- not about guessing who did it.
Congratulations -- fantastic project.
Why are student's spending money on these installations??
Is this debate worth our own pockets??
Why design?
Why care about the people or the building?
Why not design for the landscape?
Why not design with each other?
If we (architects, planners, and preservationist) design together, would that lead to more comprehensive results?
Is it worth the effort?
Would the design suffer?
Would the people suffer?
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