Title: Open city : existential urbanity /
Authors: Lewis, Diane; Meridor, Daniel,; Hitscherich, Matthew,; Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture,
Year: 2015
Subjects: Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture.; Architecture, Modern Designs and plans.; City planning Designs and plans.; Architecture Study and teaching (Higher) New York (State) New York.
Abstract: "Open City: Existential Urbanity is an anthology of architecture created and advocated by the students of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union in studios conducted by the Architect Diane Lewis, Professor, with a team of notable colleagues from 2001-2014. The drawings and models are accompanied by project descriptions that regard any contemporary intervention into the city as an integral work of architecture, art, and sustainable infrastructure. This volume extends the legacy of Cooper Union's seminal Education of an Architect: A Point of View (1972) and Education of an Architect (1988). This compendium of 14 years of architectural education is published in part with the gift of the Austrian Frederick and Lillian Kiesler Private Foundation's Young Kiesler Award. This grant is in the recognition of a philosophical bond between the work of Frederick Kiesler and the spirit of these studio endeavors. Essays by Anthony Vidler, Peter Schubert, Francois de Menil, Karen Wong, Monika Pessler, Mary Stieber, David Gersten, Calvin Tsao, Samuel Anderson, Catherine Ann Somerville Venart, Roger Duffy, Mack Scogin, Merrill Elam, Daniel Sherer, David Turnbull, Guido Zuliani, Francesco Pellizzi, Diane Lewis and others."--
Contents: Preface / Jamshed Bharucha -- Introduction / Richard Meier -- Auguration / Diane Lewis -- Strata & strategies / Barry Bergdoll -- The mark / Peter Schubert -- The urban lens / Francois de Menil -- Young Kiesler Prize statement / Peter Bogner, Andreas Mailath-Pokorny -- Ideas city: the Bowery / Karen Wong -- Studio 2013: The Bowery: architect & continuum : When I conduct the orchestra of space / Frederick Kiesler ; Architecture from within / Daniel Meridor ; Frederick Kiesler: art improvement: a model for apprehending universal relations / Monika Pessler -- Studio 2012: Templum: the ancient in the present : Tragic columns / Mary Stieber ; Theatron now: the ancient in the present / David Gersten -- Studio 2010: Autonomies & Spazialismo : Art/architecture: invitation & intention / Calvin Tsao ; Know your tools / Samuel Anderson -- Studio 2009: Vuotare: to void : Vuotare to void / Peter Schubert -- Studio 2008: Tower/Acropolis : Tower/Acropolis: together with time / Thomas Tsang --