Imaginary wilds : architectural interventions for the Thomas Cole National Historic Site / [editor, Adam Dayem].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dayem, Adam, editor.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. School of Architecture.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas Cole National Historic Site (Catskill, N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Designs and plans--Exhibitions.

Thomas Cole National Historic Site (Catskill, N.Y.).

Architecture--New York (State)--Catskill--21st century--Designs and plans--Exhibitions.

Architecture.

Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848--Influence--Exhibitions.

Cole, Thomas.

Architecture--Environmental aspects--Exhibitions.

Physical Description:

155 pages : color illustrations, color plans ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Novato, CA] : ORO Editions, [2024]

Summary:

"The myth of a wild, untouched landscape is persistent in American history. Imaginary wilds helped define an American identity in the early nineteenth century when Thomas Cole produced a series of masterwork paintings of American landscapes. And today the myth of imaginary wilds continues to have a major influence on attitudes toward landscape, nature, and the use of resources extracted from the earth. This book presents a series of student-designed architectural projects for a new gallery building sited within the landscape of Cedar Grove, Thomas Cole's historic home and studio in Catskill, New York. Cole's artistic legacy can be interpreted in different ways because he was concerned with landscapes and nature as both material and ideal conditions. Complexities arising from considering landscapes and nature as both real and ideal create a productive frame for exploring how architects might design buildings in relation to landscapes and nature. Throughout the book, these relationships are seen to play out in five different directions under the guidance of five different design studio instructors. The architectural projects presented here are contextualized in relation to landscape, nature, and Thomas Cole's artistic legacy in a series of essays by a distinguished group of designers and thinkers."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Evan Douglis

Preface / Elizabeth B. Jacks

Imaginary wilds: in dialogue with real and ideal natures / Adam Dayem

Nostalgic future: Thomas Cole, oil tanks, and everyday monumentality / David Salomon

A meditation on Thomas Cole: breaking ground / Cathryn Dwyre-Perry

Thomas Cole's built landscape / William L. Coleman

Design and the (de)construction of nature / instructor, Jillian Crandall

Et in Arcadia ego / instructor, David Bell

Containers for the uncontainable / instructor, Adam Dayem

Steps and sub-plots / instructor, Gustavo Crembil

The art of being (un)original / instructor, Leandro Piazzi.

Notes:

Accompanies the exhibition held March 9-April 7, 2024 in collaboration with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's School of Architecture.

"Rensselaer School of Architecture"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1957183934

9781957183930

OCLC:

1407211802