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what does it mean to be a virtual museum of architecture?
As part of the reorganization and updated display of Quondam, I also want to address the full potential of a virtual museum of architecture. The main issue to address is that Quondam's collection is "virtually" an infinite collection, meaning that the base model data can be used to generate ever more data, be it new line drawings such as elevations, axons, and perspectives, any number of renderings, and even whole buildings derived from a manipulation of the existing data. It is particularly the possibility of creating whole new buildings to add to the collection that makes a virtual museum of architecture (in this regard at least) completely unprecedented. The closest example of this "manipulative" attitude toward architecture is (ironically) again Hadrian's Villa where the form of remembered places was morphed into another style and an entirely other location.
2007.08.25
...you might be interested in looking through Arthur Drexler's Transformations in Modern Architecture (MoMA exhibition book, 1979). It's full of less well known 1960s-1970s buildings that look very inspiring today. Got a copy via eBay about a year ago and it's interesting to now look for images of the buildings online. I've been planning a 'reenactment' of the 1997 exhibition at Quondam for several months now. Looks like it will finally happen.
...here's a competition entry from 1971, prototype for an Esso Service Station (obviously). Curious if anyone knows the architect. Otherwise, just want more people to know the project.
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