investigations of the interstitial : Eisenman Architects, 1988-1998 Benjamin, Andrew E. Davidson, Cynthia C. Eisenman, Peter Fernández-Galiano, Luis. Hays, K. Michael. Jameson, Fredric 1934 - text bibliography nyu 2003 monographic eng

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334 p. ill. ;col. ;plans. ; 29 cm. In the late 1980s, the New York-based office Eisenman Architects, led by architect and educator Peter Eisenman, shifted from an investigation of "artificial excavations" as an architectural tool to a conscious pursuit of a concept he called "blurring." Blurring is not a visual effect but rather deals with affect, that is, a strategy for exploring a mind/body relationship in architecture that displaces the conventional or expected experience of space. Blurring has many different definitions -- the between, the interstitial -- and takes many different forms in the work. Blurred Zones: Investigations of the Interstitialpresents seventeen design projects, both built and unbuilt, and twelve essays that attempt to illuminate and illustrate the conceptual activity of blurring. The work from this period begins in 1988, with a project for the Guardiola House in Cadiz, Spain, and continues until 1998, with the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin. Also shown in this monograph, with photographs and Eisenman's signature drawings, are the Aronoff Center for Design and Art at the University of Cincinnati and the Greater Columbus Convention Center, both in Ohio; the Nunotani Headquarters Building in Tokyo; the Max Reinhardt Haus in Berlin; and the entry for the Church for the Year 2000 competition in Rome. Complementing the design projects are texts by critics: philosopher Andrew Benjamin,ANYmagazine editor Cynthia Davidson, teacher and editor Luis Fernaacute;ndez-Galiano, architectural historian K. Michael Hays, literary critic Fredric Jameson, architect and teacher Franco Purini, and philosopher John Rajchman. Eisenman himself has written a series of essays on blurring, the interstitial, and undecidability, bringing together the preoccupations of his two roles: architect and theoretician. Blurred Zones / Peter Eisenman -- Guardiola House: Cadiz, Spain -- Classicism Lost / Franco Purini -- Aronoff Center for Design and Art: Cincinnati, Ohio -- Aronoff and Ideology / Frederick Jameson -- Milan Triennale: Milan, Italy -- Koizumi Sangyo Office Building: Tokyo, Japan -- Processes of the Interstitial / Peter Eisenman -- Greater Columbus Convention Center: Columbus, Ohio -- Banyoles Olympic Hotel: Banyoles, Spain -- Folding in Time: The Singularity of Rebstock / Peter Eisenman -- Rebstockpark Master Plan: Frankfurt, Germany -- Perplications: On the Space and Time of Rebstockpark / John Rajchman -- Nunotani Headquarters Building: Tokyo, Japan -- A Game of Eisenman Seeks / Cynthia Davidson -- Emory University Center for the Arts: Atlanta, Georgia -- WHOSE M EMORY? / K. Michael Hays -- Max Reinhardt Haus: Berlin, Germany -- Conservatory and Contemporary Arts Center: Tours, France -- Klingelhofer-Dreieck Housing: Berlin, Germany -- Nordliches Derendorf Master Plan: Dusseldorf, Germany -- Zones of Undecidability I / Peter Eisenman -- Church for the Year 2000: Rome, Italy -- PaperArt Installation: Duren, Germany -- Zones of Undecidability II / Peter Eisenman -- Bibliotheque de l'HUEI: Geneva, Switzerland -- Opening the Interstitial: Eisenman's Space of Difference / Andrew Benjamin -- Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe: Berlin, Germany -- Germania Remember: Berlin's Memorial or Eisenman's Danteum? / Luis Fernandez-Galiano -- with essays by Andrew Benjamin ... [et al.]. Include Bibliography Eisenman, Peter 1932- Criticism and interpretation Eisenman Architects. Architecture, Modern 20th century Designs and plans NA737.E33 B58 2003 720.92 9781580930499 1580930492 2002022658 pucpr 020210 20220606150245.0 eng