Responding to msg by MKAPLAN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael
Kaplan) on
><The reconstruction of "Degenerate Art" in Los Angeles
>comes at a time when modernism is subject to renewed
>assaults by politicians and designers alike. In
>suggesting Seaside, Florida as the New American Suburb,
>architect Andres Duany claims German town planning
>during the Third Reich as one of his sources. Seaside,
>with its authoritarian building code and derivitve
>style, is, in the end, a scheme for the affluent by an
>enterprising private developer - hardly a paradigm for
>socially responsive urban development. Another of
>Duany's patrons, HRH The Prince of Wales, chooses to
>ignore social issues by considering contemporary
>design prodeminantly in 'archaicist' terms, favoring
>historicism (style) over history (process). This
>reduction suggests that an alliance of patron/mentors,
>their chosen developers and architects, and the media
>can conspire to set ther standards for architectural
>critique, effectively isolating and neutralizing those
>who might provide an alternative view.>
Michael,
Thanks for posting this excellent statement and the commentary.
Hope you get to expand on it here and in the wide, wide world.
John
Kaplan) on
><The reconstruction of "Degenerate Art" in Los Angeles
>comes at a time when modernism is subject to renewed
>assaults by politicians and designers alike. In
>suggesting Seaside, Florida as the New American Suburb,
>architect Andres Duany claims German town planning
>during the Third Reich as one of his sources. Seaside,
>with its authoritarian building code and derivitve
>style, is, in the end, a scheme for the affluent by an
>enterprising private developer - hardly a paradigm for
>socially responsive urban development. Another of
>Duany's patrons, HRH The Prince of Wales, chooses to
>ignore social issues by considering contemporary
>design prodeminantly in 'archaicist' terms, favoring
>historicism (style) over history (process). This
>reduction suggests that an alliance of patron/mentors,
>their chosen developers and architects, and the media
>can conspire to set ther standards for architectural
>critique, effectively isolating and neutralizing those
>who might provide an alternative view.>
Michael,
Thanks for posting this excellent statement and the commentary.
Hope you get to expand on it here and in the wide, wide world.
John