Moon River: Futurism

archigram

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 11:20:36 GMT

In a combination of technological belief, architectural extremity, love of pop inspired culture and vision of a technocratic future and desire for social change, archigram dominated the architectural avant garde in the 1960s and early 1970s

The group collaborative efforts produced hilarious, provocative challenges to bauhaus models of architecture, exploding our notion of architectural practice and the limits of reality. It was formated in 1961 by a group of young London architects – Warren Chalk, Peter Cook, Dennis Crompton, David Greene, Ron Herron and Michael Webb. The unique strength of the working group that became the fulcrum of Archigram was that it was six people with a range of greatly differing perspectives, tastes, skills, age, politics and backgrounds.

Walking City in New York, 1964

one more sketch by architect Ron Herron, Archigram, of the walking city:

Archigram, was also the name of their famous broadsheet whose title sheet proclaimed that it 'was founded as an occasional journal/manifesto of dynamic ideas for new architecture.' The first issue in May 1961 was priced ninepence. By issue 9, in 1970 it was selling over 5000 copies, in many countries. The power of the manifesto, especially in its drawn form, to promote concepts and advance their own and others' thinking, was crucial in Archigram's attack on conventional thinking. There are connotations here of the Futurists, the Italian Urbanists, and the Metabolists, of whose work Archigram were aware, as they were of many other architectural influences in the USA, Europe and Japan - notably Buckminster Fuller, Louis Kahn and the Vienna circle. Read more

Plug In City,

Mixed media collage by Peter Cook for Archigram. 12 x 18.5 in.

PLUG-IN CITY, © Peter Cook, Archigram

A 3 dimentional model of the PLUG-IN CITY:

Instant City Airships, 1968, Archigram

INSTANT CITY, 1970 © Ron Herron, Archigram

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Ready to move to the moon?

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:56:15 GMT

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Implant Matrix

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:41:12 GMT

I future time, if there will be a sane one, one with no war, no terror, no hunger, with a massive planet preservation, a majority of positive human being with the safety of the world is their major goal, it those futuristic times, where combats if any will still be needed will be conducted by Techno warriors, well in those prosperous times, along with nature, some very interesting interactive technologies will be a playful thing to experiance, here are some:

Implant Matrix is an interactive geotextile that could be used for reinforcing landscapes and building of the future. The matrix is capable of mechanical empathy. A network of mechanisms react to human occupants as erotic prey. The structure responds to human presence with subtle grasping and sucking motions, ingesting organic materials and incorporating them into a new hybrid entity. It is composed of interlinking filtering 'pores' within a lightweight structural system.

Implant Matrix - Toronto, ON - 2006

Orpheus Filter: Building Centre Trust - London, UK - 2004

Techno warriors

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:23:03 GMT

Fifteen years from now, amid the rubble of a war-torn city in a distant land, a strange creature lurks in the dark-The Future Force Warrior (FFW). Encased in lightweight climate-controlled body armour, humming with electricity and bristling with sensors, this fighting man-machine is constantly updated with battlefield information via a glowing monocular display. Meet the soldier of the future. Read more

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