#alison smithson

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The “Trundling Turk” Chair, Model No. NF 3400, designed by Alison & Peter Smithson in 1953

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Alison and Peter Smithson, Upper Lawn Pavilion (Solar Pavilion), Tisbury, UK, 1959-1962 VS Andrea Palladio, Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza, Italy, 1550

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Alison & Peter Smithson

The Economist London, UK 1959

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University of Bath, Building 6 East: the School of Architecture and Building Engineering at Claverton Down, Bath, Somerset, South West England, UK; 1980-88

Alison Smithson + Peter Smithson, Harris & Sutherland (drawings by Ulrika Gynnerstedt; axonometric drawing by Ruth Pascua; photography by Martin Charles)

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via “COAM Arquitectura” 292 (1992)

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Imagined Structures

The term “Brutalism” was first used by architect Alison Smithson in 1953. She was describing an unexecuted project for a house in London’s Soho – dubbing its warehouse aesthetic of bare concrete, brick and wood as “the first exponent of the ‘new brutalism’” in England. Now, the movement is recognised the world over, with contemporary designers drawing influence from its monolithic, block-like forms.

Adriana Mora is one such artist. The Mexican digital illustrator – who has worked for the likes of Apple, Adidas, Uber and Microsoft – constructs 3D buildings within idyllic waterscapes. In these images, the visual language of Brutalism is counterpointed with memories of childhood – expressed through dreamlike colour palettes. Isolated structures appear from rippling pools, surrounded by plants or small islands.

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La maggior parte dei progetti pubblicati in «Spazio e Società» sono quelli che non trovavano spazio in altre riviste di architettura

La maggior parte dei progetti pubblicati in «Spazio e Società» sono quelli che non trovavano spazio in altre riviste di architettura

Giancarlo De Carlo: Operazione Mercatale – schizzo della nuova uscita della rampa ai piedi delle torri di Palazzo Ducale, Urbino. Fonte: Isabella Daidone, Op. cit. infra Teatro Raffaello Sanzio, 1970-83, lucernaio che inquadra un torricino di Palazzo Ducale, Giancarlo De Carlo, Urbino. Fonte: Isabella Daidone, Op. cit. infra Da «Spazio e Società» n. 1, gennaio 1978, p. 24. Fonte: Isabella…

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AS in DS: an eye on the road

Alison Smithson has created a diary of car-movement recording the evolving sensibility of a passenger in a car to the post-industrial landscape. Her description in the book tries to develop new notions about the role of cars in architecture and town planning, seen from the motorway (highway), the road, the street, and from the parking lots, up  to the entrance of the house.

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El plan como herramienta de desbordamiento de la frontera | Luis Gil

La frontera como espacio tensionado que se opone a su tránsito, exige esfuerzo, determinación, cambio formal o fundamental para ser transgredida y superada o habitada de manera temporal o continua. Así, el paso por la frontera o el límite, el salto de un medio a otro implica el descubrimiento de una técnica que haga posible la supervivencia en el otro margen, el cambio, la transformación y adaptación de la vida al sistema vecino o contrario. No es casual que el descubrimiento de Darwin de una teoría que justifica la evolución de las especies, tuviera un punto de parada importante de su reflexión justo en esa línea de borde que marca el paso de la vida en el mar a la que se produce en tierra.

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Luis Gil Pita, arquitecto Santiago de Compostela, Noviembre 2019