Excerpts (’Best of’) from Rem Koolhaas ‘The Generic City’ in S,M,L,XL (1995), Koolhaas and Bruce Mau
Excerpts (’Best of’) from Rem Koolhaas ‘The Generic City’ in S,M,L,XL (1995), Koolhaas and Bruce Mau.4. Airport (hyperlocal and hyperglobal, airport exceeding itself ‘either too large or too small’)6. Urbanism (Tropicality - Inorganically Organic - the death of the street - - Verticality/Skyscraper ‘consuming the sky’ - the ‘Free Style’ road/building/nature organisation - unoccupied space ‘holes bored through the concept of the city’ - public art as ‘self cleaning’)10. Program (Office - Mall - Hotel endless coming and going) 11. Architecture (Importance of Adhesive - Facadism - disorder as ordering principle) 16. Culture (the disease called Cats and Eros&Architecture). -- source link
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