ARC132H1 Lecture Notes - Crystal Palace, London, Hansaviertel, Rem Koolhaas
Document Summary
Lecture 2 - histories of the present ii: metropolis and architecture. Superstructure --> only skyscrapers --> constructed w/ manhatten template. Metropolis of future w/ very developed tech. Underworld (underneath superstructure) --> workers toil in bad conditions. Plot: son of master of metropolis --> job: reconcile 2 sides of metropolis (super- & infrastructure) * utopia - imaginary + remote place; place of ideal perfection. * dystopia - imaginary place where ppl = dehumanized + often fearful lives. Both inform how modern arc views city. Metropolis emerged from force of modernity + how arc discourse started dealing w/ metropolis prob"s commerce. Modern arc history = inseparable from modern metropolis history. Industrial capitalism - economic sys. fed from mechanized machinery (industry) instead of. Industrial revolu"n - 1st revolu"n coupled w/ agricultural revolu"n. End of 18th c : mechaniza"n of produc"n + agriculture --> started in england.
