by Melissa Perkinson | Aug 30, 2014 | Modes of Operation
Heterotopias can be testing grounds for future spatial conditions. The convergence of programs, illusions and spectacle; not a void, but “a set of relations that delineates sites which are irreducible to one another and absolutely not superimposable on one...
by Melissa Perkinson | Aug 30, 2014 | Modes of Operation
The Sutro Baths built in 1894 by Adolph Sutro, conceived a swimming recreational facility for white San Franciscans in a massive glass enclosure housing 7 swimming pools. It appeared to be a spectacle of slides, trapezes, springboards and high dives, with terraced...
by Melissa Perkinson | Aug 30, 2014 | Modes of Operation
Central park is a living breathing microcosm part of a larger domain. It is a space outside the norm, but that does not disrupt everyday life. Yamashita, Michael S. Photograph. Viewed 27 August 2014. ...
by Melissa Perkinson | Aug 30, 2014 | Modes of Operation
Serpentine pavilion by Sou Fujimoto restructures the city landscape by offering a cloud like structure “some where else” outside of the norm. It offers transparency between the conditions outside and a space of refuge inside. Portilla, Daniel. Photograph. Viewed 27...