ウェルシュ•コーギー•カーディガン
先週、我が家にやってきたコーギーです。 名前はMONO。モノクロのモノです。 普段は元気すぎて、なかなか動画を撮らせてくれないので。。。 とりあえず寝ているところをこっそり撮影しました。
Kenzo Tange Lecture: Wang Shu, "Geometry and Narrative of Natural Form"
Lecture by Wang Shu, Principal of Amateur Architecture Studio and Head of the Architecture School, China Academy of Art. "Amateur Architecture Studio was founded in 1998 by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu in Hangzhou, China. Their approach is based around a critique of the architectural profession which they view as complicit in the demolition of entire urban areas and the transformation of rural areas through excessive building. The practice first came to wider attention in Europe with their pavilion for the 10th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2006; a comment on the on-going demolitions, their installation 'Tiled Garden' was made from 66000 recycled tiles salvaged from demolition sites. "Rather than looking towards the West for inspiration, as many of their contemporaries do, the practice's work is embedded in the history and traditions of Chinese culture. In particular they reference everyday building tactics of ordinary people and the strong vernacular tradition of building in China. The name of their practice signals this commitment to learning from the 'amateur builder', focusing on craft skills and applying this to contemporary architecture. Wang Shu spent a number of years working on building sites with traditional craftsmen in order to learn from them. Combining this traditional knowledge with experimental building techniques and intensive research Amateur Architecture Studio respond to the ongoing challenges of the rapidly urbanising context of China. They do so with a ...
