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A Specific Theory of Models: The Posthuman Beauty of Weird Scales, Snowglobes and Supercomponents
Author(s) -
Wiscombe Tom
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2483
Subject(s) - infatuation , posthuman , architecture , lexicon , beauty , studio , aesthetics , computer science , art history , art , environmental ethics , artificial intelligence , visual arts , philosophy , psychology , psychoanalysis
Los Angeles‐based architect Tom Wiscombe describes some of the methods his internationally renowned practice uses to create architecture. He introduces us to his infatuation with toys and models, and his notions of ‘model ontology’ and the strange morphology of model parts, their boxes and diverse scales and jointing that inform his studio's architectural lexicon.