Spaced out
Subtitle: radical environments of the psychedelic sixties
By: Alastair Gordon.
Publisher: Rizzoli
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780847831050
Subjects: Dwellings -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Architecture, Domestic -- United States; Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Hippies -- United States; Communal living -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Nineteen sixties; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970
Other titles: Radical environments of the psychedelic sixties.; Spaced out :; Crash pads, hippie communes, infinity machines, and other radical environments of the psychedelic sixties.
Description: The utopian sixties inspired revolutionary and alternative ways to live, love, and entertain--and equally radical spaces to do it in. Stimulated by the psychedelic drug culture, rebel designers and architects distorted space to create womblike coves and isolation chambers, forging a spatial vocabulary that still reverberates today. At the same time, the tune-in-turn-on-drop-out message lured youths into far-flung communes, often under the roofs of brightly painted geodesic domes draped and tie-dyed fabric. Idealistic and anarchic enclaves with names like Drop City and Morning Star redefined the concept of community, inventing a wildly spontaneous way of building and dwelling.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-300) and index.