sf federal building...or superconstruct

"historical" order

the art of memory

modern survey in photography

viva mexico

viva urbania

the gorilla in architecture

architecture is built to embody, or becomes the embodiment of the ideals,the dilemmas, of its time

it is a performance, a experience,

it is space which instigates reaction

which makes architecture is a political act.

"Architecture then needs to stop thinking like an institution, less like a solider and more like a gorilla" as Scott Shall put it last night at the Temple Univ. lecture concerning Gorilla Architecture. The gorilla does not follow the rules, he is a reactionary, states a cause brought on by a need and this idea is brought through desperation and strong belief. The statement is designed to shunt those who accept the status quo in and effort to instigate a conversation, perhaps a change, and maybe a revolution.

thoughts from the IDC lecture 1/30.08

Bullet Lights

from unbuilt situated in Lebanon

interior shots

sanctuary for an artifact

under the dome

processional hall

cloister (clip)


side chapel (clip)

plaza - portal - courtyard

plaza (range)

portal (muzzle)

court (magazine)

Divine Protectors

consulting with ...

... the new oracle of delphi

vestil virgins

high preistess

Cathedral of the Gun

public display
(philadelphia freedom)

locked...

...and loaded.

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