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/517/ Wonders of the Modern World ft. Pier Paolo Tamburelli
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On places of ritual.
Architect Pier Paolo Tamburelli talks to Alex about his project to catalogue modern wonders – structures that are very big, that pretend to be ancient, and are mostly ugly.
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How has architecture lost its ritual dimension?
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Why are these "modern wonders" kitsch? And why are they found the world over, from Munich to Malaysia, South Dakota to Dakar?
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Do 'wonders' speak to a world where places remain distinct, and where conflicts and history seem to have returned?
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Are disillusioned and cynical postmodern subjects searching for wonder?
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Can architecture rebuild society?
Links:
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Wonders of the Modern World, Arch+, issue 259
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Wonders of the Modern World: Notes for a Research Programme, Pier Paolo Tamburelli, Arch+ (pdf attached in patreon)
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What's wrong with the primitive hut?, Pier Paolo Tamburelli, San Rocco (pdf attached in patreon)