conceptual architecture
conceptual architecture. Architectural designs that have not been realized are ‘conceptual’. Interpretations from the 1960s involved space-defining, simulated images projected into the sky by lasers, and volumes roofed by moving air, with walls of fire and water (e.g. proposals by Yves Klein (1928–62) and Werner Ruhnau (1925– ) ). Air-jets instead of structures have been proposed, creating instant forms. Some have held that it is the process that counts in architecture, rather than the final building.
Bibliography
Anno Domini, xlv/3 (March 1975), 187–8;
Casabella, ccccxi (March 1976), 8–13;
Design Quarterly, 78/79 (1970), whole issue
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