A Manifesto for Minimum Dwellings: Against Oversized Architecture

Suau, Cristian 2008. A Manifesto for Minimum Dwellings: Against Oversized Architecture. Made (4) , pp. 74-83.

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Abstract

THE POWER OF LESS Space is a limited resource especially in cities. Architects are dealing with new facts such as speed and lightness. Thinking about the minimum offers a manifesto of Elementarism against oversized architecture. Small design opens up unexpected trails of spatial production and provides new functional flexibility with spatial interoperability. Do more with less. The sculptor Richard Serra stated “the biggest break in the history of sculpture in the twentieth century occurred when the pedestal was removed” . If we relate this statement to architecture, what happens when the foundation is removed? With less weight, might it shrink? Can architecture become lighter and smaller?

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Architecture
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races N Fine Arts > NA Architecture
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Compactness, Lightness, Agile Fabrication
Publisher:	Welsh School of Architecture
ISSN:	1742-416X
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 22:24
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/15007

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