A Quiet Technology / [presented by] Ron Herron.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Herron, Ron, narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Aesthetics.

Architecture.

Architectural design--Great Britain.

Architectural design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (25 minutes)): sound, color

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 1982.

Summary:

The late Ron Herron was best known as one of the famous Archigram group of architects, of which he was a founder member in 1960, and with which he actively collaborated till the mid-1970s. He worked with practices in the UK and America, and taught through the years in colleges in both countries. In 1977 he became a partner in Pentagram Design, London, but left in the early 1980s to work with Derek Walker, before setting up in his own practice. Archigram - representing the swinging 1960s, youth culture, mobility, prefabrication and mass-media - has ceased to be influential. But its members, especially Peter Cook and Herron, continued to produce visionary ideas and drawings. Herron's talk traces the course of his thinking, through the days of his 'Tuned suburb' and 'Sets fit for the Queen', to his 1992 project, a rehearsal space for the Lyric Theatre Hammersmith in London, where he was able at last to put into effect some of the ideas that always preoccupied him. One of these ideas is the separation and identification of public and private spaces by the use of what he calls 'sets', which are changeable and thus under the user's control. Another is the use of today's available technology not only to 'tune' the building but also to make it moveable. He is fascinated by technology: not a technology that shouts at you, but one that is going on behind the scenes.

Contents:

Ron Herron

Tuned Suburb'. 1967/8

Casino Project For Monte Carlo, 1972, A Highly-Tuned & Serviced Space: French Chateau Set; Set Based On Parthenon

London Suburb

Three Suburban Houses- The Public Sets

Three Suburban Houses- The Private Sets

Three Suburban Houses- Rules For Private & Public Sets

Three Suburban Houses- Public & Private Areas

Three Suburban Houses- Windows

Sets Fit For The Queen', Mid 70's

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, Rehearsal Space- Isometric Drawing

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, Rehearsal Space- Plan

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, Rehearsal Space- Section

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, Rehearsal Space- Rehearsal Mode

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, Rehearsal Space- Conference Mode

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, Rehearsal Space- Wedding Mode

Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, Rehearsal Space- Night Views Of Model.

Notes:

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 23, 2021).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.