Blurred zones : investigations of the interstitial : Eisenman Architects, 1988-1998 / with essays by Andrew Benjamin ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benjamin, Andrew E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eisenman, Peter, 1932---Criticism and interpretation.

Eisenman, Peter.

Eisenman, Peter, 1932-.

Eisenman Architects.

Architecture, Modern--20th century--Designs and plans.

Architecture, Modern.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Architectural drawings.

Physical Description:

334 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Monacelli Press, 2002.

Summary:

In the late 1980s, the New York-based office Eisenman Architects, led by archirect and educator Peter Eisenman, shifted from an investigation of "artificial excavations" as an architectural tool to a conscious pursuit of a concept he called "blurring." Blurring is not a visual effect but rather deals with affect, that is, a strategy for exploring a mind/body relationship in architecture that displaces the conventional or expected experience of space. Blurring has many different definitions -- the between, the interstitial -- and takes many different forms in the work. Blurred Zones: Investigations of the Interstitial presents seventeen design projects, both built and unbuilt, and twelve essays that attempt to illuminate and illustrate the conceptual activity of blurring. The work from this period begins in 1988, with a project for the Guardiola House in Cadiz, Spain, and continues through 1998, with the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin. Also shown in this monography, with photographs and Eisenman's signature drawings, are the Aronoff Center for Design and Art at the University of Cincinnati and the Greater Columbus Convention Center, both in Ohio; the Nunotani Headquarters Building in Tokyo; the Max Reinhardt Haus in Berlin; and the entry for the Church for the Year 2000 competition in Rome. Complementing the design projects are texts by critics: philosopher Andrew Benjamin, ANY magazine editor Cynthia Davidson, teacher and editor Luis Fernandez-Galiano, architectural historian K. Michael Hays, literary critic Fredric Jameson, architect and teacher Franco Purini, and philosopher John Rajchman. Eisenman himself has written a series of essays on blurring, the interstitial, and undecidability, bringing together the preoccupations of his two roles: architect and theoretician.

Contents:

Blurred Zones 5

Guardiola House Cadiz, Spain 10

Classicism Lost 30

Aronoff Center for Design and Art Cincinnati, Ohio 32

Aronoff and Ideology 50

Milan Triennale Milan, Italy 70

Koizumi Sangyo Office Building Tokyo, Japan 76

Processes of the Interstitial 94

Greater Columbus Convention Center Columbus, Ohio 102

Banyoles Olympic Hotel Banyoles, Spain 122

Folding in Time: The Singularity of Rebstock Peter Eisenman 130

Rebstockpark Master Plan Frankfurt, Germany 134

Perplications: On the Space and Time of Rebstockpark 150

Nunotani Headquarters Building Tokyo, Japan 162

A Game of Eisenman Seeks 176

Emory University Center for the Arts Atlanta, Georgia 180

Whose M Emory? 202

Max Reinhardt Haus Berlin, Germany 208

Conservatory and Contemporary Arts Center Tours, France 222

Klingelhofer-Dreieck Housing Berlin, Germany 236

Nordliches Derendorf Master Plan Dusseldorf, Germany 244

Zones of Undecidability I 258

Church for the Year 2000 Rome, Italy 262

PaperArt Installation Duren, Germany 280

Zones of Undecidability II 286

Bibliotheque de L'Ihuei Geneva, Switzerland 290

Opening the Interstitial: Eisenman's Space of Difference 306

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Berlin, Germany 312

Germania Remember: Berlin's Memorial or Eisenman's Danteum? 332.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1580930492

OCLC:

49225901