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Centre Georges Pompidou
Author: Renzo Piano,Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini
Year: 1977 Edit Add
Book: Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
Centre Georges Pompidou
Author: Renzo Piano,Richard Rogers and Gianfranco FranchiniYear: 1977 Edit Add
Book: Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
I believe that, with a certain number of other characteristic postmodern buildings, such as the Beaubourg in Paris or the Eaton Centre in Toronto, the Bonaventure aspires to being a total space, a complete world, a kind of miniature city; to this new total space, meanwhile, corresponds a new collective practice, a new mode in which individuals move and congregate, something like the practice of a new and historically original kind of hypercrowd.
I believe that, with a certain number of other characteristic postmodern buildings, such as the Beaubourg in Paris or the Eaton Centre in Toronto, the Bonaventure aspires to being a total space, a complete world, a kind of miniature city; to this new total space, meanwhile, corresponds a new collective practice, a new mode in which individuals move and congregate, something like the practice of a new and historically original kind of hypercrowd.
Source type: pictureInfo: Centre Georges Pompidou is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris.
Original size: 1090x432 px. Edit
Source type: pictureInfo: Centre Pompidou - Opened January 31, 1977
Original size: 1000x1000 px. Edit
Toronto Eaton Centre
Author: Eberhard Zeidler - Bregman and Hamann Architects
Year: 1977 Edit Add
Book: Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
Toronto Eaton Centre
Author: Eberhard Zeidler - Bregman and Hamann ArchitectsYear: 1977 Edit Add
Book: Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
I believe that, with a certain number of other characteristic postmodern buildings, such as the Beaubourg in Paris or the Eaton Centre in Toronto, the Bonaventure aspires to being a total space, a complete world, a kind of miniature city; to this new total space, meanwhile, corresponds a new collective practice, a new mode in which individuals move and congregate, something like the practice of a new and historically original kind of hypercrowd.
I believe that, with a certain number of other characteristic postmodern buildings, such as the Beaubourg in Paris or the Eaton Centre in Toronto, the Bonaventure aspires to being a total space, a complete world, a kind of miniature city; to this new total space, meanwhile, corresponds a new collective practice, a new mode in which individuals move and congregate, something like the practice of a new and historically original kind of hypercrowd.
Westin Bonaventure Hotel
Author: John Portman
Year: 1976 Edit Add
Book: Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
Westin Bonaventure Hotel
Author: John PortmanYear: 1976 Edit Add
Book: Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
I believe that, with a certain number of other characteristic postmodern buildings, such as the Beaubourg in Paris or the Eaton Centre in Toronto, the Bonaventure aspires to being a total space, a complete world, a kind of miniature city; to this new total space, meanwhile, corresponds a new collective practice, a new mode in which individuals move and congregate, something like the practice of a new and historically original kind of hypercrowd. In this sense, then, ideally the minicity of Portman 's Bonaventure ought not to have entrances at all, since the entryway is always the seam that links the building to the rest of the city that surrounds it: for it does not wish to be a part of the city but rather its equivalent and replacement or substitute.
I believe that, with a certain number of other characteristic postmodern buildings, such as the Beaubourg in Paris or the Eaton Centre in Toronto, the Bonaventure aspires to being a total space, a complete world, a kind of miniature city; to this new total space, meanwhile, corresponds a new collective practice, a new mode in which individuals move and congregate, something like the practice of a new and historically original kind of hypercrowd. In this sense, then, ideally the minicity of Portman 's Bonaventure ought not to have entrances at all, since the entryway is always the seam that links the building to the rest of the city that surrounds it: for it does not wish to be a part of the city but rather its equivalent and replacement or substitute.
Source type: pictureInfo: Los Angeles Bonaventure Hotel. John Portman & Associates. Design 1974, completion 1977.
Original size: 1000x1147 px. Edit