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REM KOOLHAAS
Junkspace
In the article of Junkspace by
Rem Koolhaas, we see that he
reviews and puts critiques on
modernism movement and its
consequences
such
as
urbanization,
urban
modernization,
and
technological developments in
the contemporary urban space.
https://nusdigitaldesignfabrication.wordpress.com/precedent-studies/rem-koolhaas-cctv-building/
He uses many analogies to
compare the pre-industrial era
conditions and the changes in
the
conditions
in
the
contemporary
urban
environment.
He discusses about junkspace by
indicating identity turbidity in his
analogies. Koolhaas claims that
junkspace is political and it
confuses the ideologies because
in the junkspaces there are
multiple ideologies; everyone
has their owns so there is a
pluralism in the environment. As
a result of this, there is turbidity
of identities.
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Koolhaas, Rem. ‘Junkspace’, in I
de SolaMorales, Differences:
Topographies of Contemporary
Architecture, Cambridge Mass.:
MIT Press, 1997: pp. 175-190.
http://architecture.about.com/od/20thcenturytrends/ig/Modern-Architecture/Deconstructivism.htm
http://glwsketchworks.blogspot.com.tr/2012/04/sketchcrawl-and-book-talk-seattle.html
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