Andrew Atwood & Hernan Diaz Alonso discuss "... and pedestals"
“Hernan Diaz Alonso discusses with Andrew Atwood his installation in the SCI-Arc Gallery “… and pedestals.” Topics range from minimalism, organizing principles, intentional and unintentional detail. Atwood characterizes the project as an attempt to understand critically what an architectural installation might be today, and reclaiming positions lost in post-critical practice. The audience raises questions about the broader intention of the installation, refining versus producing, nostalgia for criticality, and the role of the supplementary documentation and representations.”
Site: Mr. Wren & Friends. Logo and La Grotesque typeface by Francesca Bolognini
First Office was founded in 2011 by Anna Neimark and Andrew Atwood to create a dialog between architectural practice and academic discourse. Their collaborative work spans buildings, exhibitions, and publications, all rooted in the belief that architecture is a form of cultural production.
The practice has engaged with leading institutions, including the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, the Chicago and Venice Biennials, MoMA PS1’s Young Architects Program, and the Architectural League of New York. The projects and essays of First Office have been recognized with awards and compiled in Nine Essays (Treatise Press, 2015), as well as in Andrew’s publication Not Interesting: On the Limits of Criticism in Architecture (Applied Research and Design, 2017).
Anna Neimark
Design Faculty and Visual Studies Coordinator, SCI-Arc
anna.neimark@gmail.com
Andrew Atwood
Licensed Architect and Associate Professor, UC Berkeley
w.andrew.atwood@gmail.com
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First Office was founded in 2011 by Anna Neimark and Andrew Atwood to create a dialog between architectural practice and academic discourse. Their collaborative work spans buildings, exhibitions, and publications, all rooted in the belief that architecture is a form of cultural production.
The practice has engaged with leading institutions, including the MAK Center for Art and Architecture, the Chicago and Venice Biennials, MoMA PS1’s Young Architects Program, and the Architectural League of New York. The projects and essays of First Office have been recognized with awards and compiled in Nine Essays (Treatise Press, 2015), as well as in Andrew’s publication Not Interesting: On the Limits of Criticism in Architecture (Applied Research and Design, 2017).
Anna Neimark
Design Faculty and Visual Studies Coordinator, SCI-Arc
anna.neimark@gmail.com
Andrew Atwood
Licensed Architect and Associate Professor, UC Berkeley
w.andrew.atwood@gmail.com
Site: Mr. Wren & Friends. Logo and La Grotesque typeface by Francesca Bolognini