Models. The Idea, the Representation and the Visionary

OASE84
1. OASE 84
  Models
  The Idea, the Representation and the Visionary
  2011
  Abstract
  In recent decades models have made a contribution to architectural discourse that should not be underestimated. Christophe Van Gerrewey considers the models in OMA’s oeuvre and ascertains that OMA’s models always take on a life of their own, turning into ‘a realisation of what architecture promises, yet can never attain itself’. For example, the two plaster models of the Très Grande Bibliothèque in Paris afforded new insights into a space that can be read both as mass and as counter-mass, while the model of the cruise terminal in Zeebrugge exemplified the power of the iconic form. OASE 84 devotes considerable attention to (architectural) models that play an important part in the work of various artists as well, like in the work of Mike Kelley and Thomas Demand. These models are hardly ever meant to be realised on a different scale elsewhere; they work with the dualistic connotations of the model directly. Although the two disciplines have markedly different motives for using models, we are confident that the cross-pollination brought about here will generate novel insights about the model’s significance and possibilities.
  Editors of this issue
  Anne Holtrop, Hans Teerds, Job Floris
  Editors
  Anne Holtrop, Christoph Grafe, David de Bruijn, Gus Tielens, Hans Teerds, Jeroen Visschers, Joachim Declerck, Job Floris, Johan Lagae, Klaske Havik, Ruben Molendijk, Tom Avermaete, Tom Vandeputte, Véronique Patteeuw
  Authors
  Bas Princen, Krijn de Koning
  Design
  Goda Budvytyte, Karel Martens, Werkplaats Typografie
  2011
  English/Dutch
  Paperback/Illustrated (b/w)
  170 × 240 mm
  Order this issueas hard copy or ebook
  ISSN0169-6238
  ISBN978-90-5662-807-9
  © NAi Publishers, 2011
  Subsidising institutions
  Netherlands Architecture Fund, Flemisch Community of Belgium
  
  Christian Hubert
  011
  The Ruins of Representation Revisited
  011
  Over 30 years ago the New York Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (IAUS) organized the exhibition Idea as Model. It is one of the few examples in recent history to recognize the potential …
  
  Anne Holtrop, Bas Princen, Hans Teerds, Job Floris, Krijn de Koning
  020
  Editorial
  Models. The Idea, the Representation and the Visionary
  020
  In the editorial, the editors of this OASE address the specific qualities of the model, separate from the often empirical way it is used in the professional domain of architecture. They emphasize …
  
  Christophe Van Gerrewey
  031
  ‘What Are Men to Rocks and Mountains?’
  The Architectural Models of OMA/Rem Koolhaas
  031
  Models play a crucial role in the work of OMA. All of Koolhaas’s buildings, however diverse, share one common characteristic: they also exist as models, and something happened with these …
  
  Milica Topalovic
  037
  Models and Other Spaces
  037
  What makes a model a model? Milica Topalovic investigates the characteristic qualities of the model. The difference between models and buildings seems obvious. A model is made on the scale necessary …
  
  Anne Holtrop, Bas Princen
  055
  Thomas Demand
  A Conversation with Anne Holtrop and Bas Princen
  055
  The work of the German artist Thomas Demand consists of large photographs he takes of temporary, life-sized paper structures he assembles in front of his camera. Once the photo is taken, the paper …
  
  Kersten Geers
  062
  The Model as a Plan
  A Monument to Scientific Error
  062
  Geers reflects on the position of the model within the development of an architectural project. By elaborating on the issue of convertibility between content and form, the article parallelizes, on …
  
  Stefaan Vervoort
  075
  The Modus Operandi of the Model
  075
  Georges Bataille, in his text ‘Le labyrinthe et la pyramide’ (1935), shows how the discipline of architecture spans the gamut from a reflective activity (the conceptualization of a …
  
  Bas Princen
  082
  Bas Princen
  082
  Bas Princen’s contribution consists of images found and collected by the photographer that serve as inspirations for his photographs. They are images that attempt to render ideas about space …
  
  Mike Kelley
  099
  Educational Complex
  099
  This text by American artist Mike Kelley is largely based on his work The Educational Complex. It describes his motives and the formation process for this work of art, which consists of one large …
  
  Jakob Bill
  106
  The Architectural Qualities of Georges Vantongerloo’s Oeuvre
  106
  After the death of artist Georges Vantongerloo, the famed architect (and polymath) Max Bill took over part of his archive, including scores of models. Bill’s son, Jacob Bill, is now the …
  
  Véronique Patteeuw
  123
  Miniature Temptations
  A Conversation with CCA Curator Howard Shubert on Collecting and Exhibiting Architectural Models
  123
  When collecting and exhibiting architectural models several questions arise. What happens exactly when the model enters the museum? Which role does it need to assume when exposed and made public? …
  
  Hans Teerds, Job Floris
  128
  On Models and Images
  An Interview with Adam Caruso
  128
  This interview with Adam Caruso, principal of Caruso St John Architects in London, deals with the use of models in their practice and more in general with the problem of the representation of …
  
  Krijn de Koning
  143
  Seven Photos for OASE
  143
  Krijn de Koning’s pictorial essay consists of photographs he has taken of found objects, constructions, stacks, etcetera, which in their form have the potential and visual qualities to be seen …
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