arc
is an internet locality, where the fantastic side os architecture is
highlighted, with books, proposals, examples, etc. Participations
or commentaries are welcomed. To do so, just make contact using
the following e-mail: adc.eu@sapo.pt.
The fantastic side of architecture, written in
four languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish and French. Anyone interested in purchasing the book, you
can inquire using the following e-mail:
Fantasiarktura
Below, one can find some of
the proposals present in this book by
António de Campos.
PURCHASE
The book is available in a paper format, and it costs €
10.
Below we have an example of disconstructivism in
architecture, in Sopot, Poland. It is a particular variation,
where post-modernism is subjeted to a process of deformation.1
The Crooked House
Next below we have an example of pure
disconstructivism in architecture, in Seattle, USA. Here architecture
is dismembered. The surfaces peel away from the building.
Essentially, function adapts to form.2
Experience Music Project
Below we have cute, from Ohio, USA. A building
transformed in a basket. Maybe the cute gesture was a need for
image purposes of a particular firm.3
The Basket Building
Built for the Olympic Games, this stadium,
below, in Beijing, China, is a different and more convincing solution than
cuteness. It pretends to emulate a nest, but the solution is not cute. It
is instead an elegant work inspired on the nest.4
National Stadium
An example from Fafe, Portugal. Pure adaptation
of the environment, of its context, in the house below. At the end
of the day, it is an intervention of humility towards nature.5
Stone House
NOTES 1.
Image obtained on December 16,
2013, at the site http://instantshift.com/2009/02/19/80-strange-and-fantastic-buildings- architecture. 2.
Image obtained on December 16,
2013, at the site http://instantshift.com/2009/02/19/80-strange-and-fantastic-buildings- architecture. 3.
Image obtained on December 16,
2013, at the site http://instantshift.com/2009/02/19/80-strange-and-fantastic-buildings- architecture. 4.
Image obtained on December 16,
2013, at the site http://instantshift.com/2009/02/19/80-strange-and-fantastic-buildings- architecture. 5.
Image obtained on December 16,
2013, at the site http://instantshift.com/2009/02/19/80-strange-and-fantastic-buildings- architecture.
