Subject: Lebbeus Woods
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>Lebbeus Woods is a architectural theoretician. Among other things he calls
>for
>architects to embrace modern physics as a means of generating form. His
>conceptual projects are diagrams for architectural and urbanistic solutions to
>social ills. I have read all that I can find written by and about Lebbeus
>Woods. The more explanatory work about his philosophy is a book called "The
>New City". This book outlines the tenets driving his design philosophy.
>There is an extremely interesting article in A+U magazine. However, the title
>and issue escape me. I will post that information for whoever is interested
>as soon as I can visit the library. I must warn those who are leary of
>radical
>ideas, Lebbeus Woods' are some of the most radical I have seen, so don't judge
>what he is saying on its face value. Read this information with an open mind.
>Incidentally, he is also the dean of architecture at Harvard, or at least he
>was the last time I heard.
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ORIGINAL MESSAGE OF AXGAM at ASUACAD has been forwarded to DESIGN-L.
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>Lebbeus Woods is a architectural theoretician. Among other things he calls
>for
>architects to embrace modern physics as a means of generating form. His
>conceptual projects are diagrams for architectural and urbanistic solutions to
>social ills. I have read all that I can find written by and about Lebbeus
>Woods. The more explanatory work about his philosophy is a book called "The
>New City". This book outlines the tenets driving his design philosophy.
>There is an extremely interesting article in A+U magazine. However, the title
>and issue escape me. I will post that information for whoever is interested
>as soon as I can visit the library. I must warn those who are leary of
>radical
>ideas, Lebbeus Woods' are some of the most radical I have seen, so don't judge
>what he is saying on its face value. Read this information with an open mind.
>Incidentally, he is also the dean of architecture at Harvard, or at least he
>was the last time I heard.