RE:CP by Cedric Price
18/03/2011.
Edited by Hans-Ulrich Obrist.
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
"I’m only radical because the architectural profession has got lost. Architects are such a dull lot – and they’re so convinced that they matter." – Cedric Price
Re: CP
Edited by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, With contributions by Arata Isozaki, Patrick Keiller and Rem Koolhaas.
Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture
ISBN #: 3764366362
EAN Code: 9783764366360
Dewey: 720.92
Creator: Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Bindings: Paperback
Pages: 208
Cedric Price (1934–2003) was an architect, thinker and above all an Englishman of extraordinary generosity towards his subject. He had an independence of mind the like of which can only come from a fondness for humans and a fascination for human nature. For Price, the moral and ethical principles implied in any design speculation are privileged over and above variations on the artefactual by-product. In this respect the role of the many rich collaborations over his lifetime, conversations and talks amongst audiences, engaging with the media as a means of initiating discussion, and the more personal dialogue presented in his notebooks were all critical in developing his design thinking on the themes of participation, anticipation, indeterminacy and delight. The films and drawings from Price’s personal notebooks that appear in the exhibition present Price doing what he did best over a period of 40 years – constantly challenging our understanding of what architecture might be, in discussions with students, colleagues, strangers and himself.