Wednesday 1 August 2018

Architecture 2000

I read the entire thing earlier this year and I can't remember a single bloody prediction.  It's much more about the trends of the time (Jencks' foreword is dated June 1969) and the theories / histories behind them.  So illustration-wise it's all Archigram, Metabolism, Yona Friedman, Frei Otto etc, and nowt much in the way of outlandish fancies / what ifs.

What's really interesting & fun is Jencks' six major traditions, and how he plays with them:

Note that Communism and Fascism do *not* share a group :)

And this is cool, courtesy the Rand Corporation:


Which of the Six Major Traditions do *you* fit into, dear reader?

Oh yeah, here's a flavour of the text:


Note: "we might well ask why the practice of futurism currently meets with such scepticism and hostility".

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