Description
Embellished Facade
or abusing cosmetics
Elective Visual Studies / SCI-arc spring 2011
Faculty Florencia Pita: florencia@fpmod.com
In Collaboration with UBA (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) professor Axel Friedman.
Banco de Londres, Argentina, Clorindo Testa, 1966
As a shift away from the paradigm of the 'continuous envelop', this class will focus on the frontality of the Facade, the highly decorated semblance of buildings. With: cornices, windows, frames, doors, brise-soleils, canopies, balconies, as the elements that converge in the facade, we will revisit them formally and will build up a vocabulary of artifacts that enhances the building's face.
This class will work in collaboration with the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, we will research case studies from prominent buildings in Argentina and will extract architectural elements that will act as the platform for research. The final output of the class will be exhibited at UBA, University of Buenos Aires.