modernism

Modernism in-between (…) then, Yugoslav culture was not entirely open either functioning inside a systemic “membrane” that filtered the exchange with the outside world. Similarly, Yugoslavia’s position between the “three worlds” of the Cold War was not symmetric either. The chief reference points of exchange shifted at first from East to West and then only slightly back […] jo pixel No responses 2014-03-09
Jean-Louis Cohen / Modernism and periphery November 2010, working on a spot for Moskonstruct we shortly interviewed via Skype the architecture historian Jean Louis Cohen, one of the major experts of modernism and the curator of the recent exhibition of Le Corbusier at MOMA. Few questions about Narkomfin are published in the incoming Dom Novogo Byta DVD. We plan an extensive interview […] jo pixel No responses 2013-10-05
Spomenik, Kosmaj The monuments (spomenika) that Tito commissioned to artists and architects to commemorate events of the Second World War are one of the most capturing outcomes of a modernist idea of Yugoslavia. These works translate in concrete gestures the aspiration to settle a national identity and commemorate traumatic history without nationalist rhetoric, revering the past while translating […] jo pixel No responses 2013-09-24
New Belgrade Day 3- Here come the tough guys… At the other extremity of Novi Belgrade from the historical centre, Bloks 61, 62, 63 are among the most extreme neighbourhoods of the city. Long transversal strips of high rise buildings connect two main bulevars. Pedestrian elevated floors are separated by the garages at the bottom level Between […] jo pixel No responses 2013-09-17
New Belgrade Day two. Of old and new spaces, displaced and replaced people. New and old typologies of public space reflected. One of the few places in Novi Belgrade to have a name, aside from a number. Blok 28 is called Televizorke, because the windows look like TV sets from the 60’s. The long strips between the […] jo pixel No responses 2013-09-17
New Belgrade An exercise in urban reconnaissance, Belgrade September 4-7, 2013. Day one. From water and sand to concrete. Laying the groundwork for next episode of R:CP, we did a 3 days survey in Novi Beograd. We focused our attention on public space as the starting point to develop an investigation on the city. Public space in […] jo pixel No responses 2013-09-15
Ecochard’s Plan for Casablanca jo pixel No responses 2013-08-13
Fordism “È un bene che il popolo non comprenda il nostro sistema economico e monetario, perché se accadesse credo che scoppierebbe una rivoluzione prima di domani mattina.” Henry Ford The first use of the term Fordism to define a political paradigm is attributed to Antonio Gramsci. Undoubtedly the Fordist organization of production has been an essential source of […] jo pixel No responses 2013-07-08
From Disurbanisation to Hyperurbanisation “Following the Marxist theory of cancelling the difference between city and countryside, de-urbanization called for the abolition of cities in favor of “field urbanism” an evenly distributed industry intermingled of agriculture and residential areas. First imagined by Soviet Constructivist avant-garde in the 1920s, de-urbanization was the red, communist version of Ebenezer’s Howard Garden City.” (Mihai […] jo pixel No responses 2013-06-21
From center to periphery The main focus of our project, clearly expressed by the title, is in the relation between periphery and centrality as produced by modernist principles. Adopting a wide scope, this means also investigating the relationship among political, economical, cultural forms of marginalization and the spatial organisation of society. Started as an almost random exploration of modernist […] jo pixel No responses 2013-06-18