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SOM journal 7 ist der jüngste Band einer Reihe, die Arbeiten des Architekturbüros SOM im Kontext einer kritischen Diskussion präsentiert. Diese Außenbewertung durch eine Jury ist ein mutiger Ansatz und eine Besonderheit von SOM. Die Juroren des vorliegenden Bandes sind Erik Olsen, Rita McBride, Peter MacKeith, Juhani Pallasmaa, Luis Fernandez-Galiano, Joan Ockman und Kenneth Frampton. Die Jury traf sich am 19.5.2010 im Seagram Building in New York.
Die Publikation enthält folgende Essays: Kenneth Frampton, Notes on the Techno-Aesthetic Evolution of High-Rise Form 1896 1997, Thomas van Leeuwen, The Myth of Natural Growth II, William Baker: Building Tall, Mark Sarkisian: Emergence and the Power of One und Nicholas Adams: How the Leopard Got Its Spots: Lever House as a Skyscraper.
Die vorgestellten Projekte:
Project Floyd, Genf, Schweiz
PSAC II, Bronx, New York
Lotte World 2, Seoul, Korea
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York
Chongqing River Tower, Chongqing, China
SOM Research; High Performance Building Enclosures
SOM Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Region Plan Initiative 2010
About the author
Juhani Pallasmaa, Professor of Architecture at Helsinki University of Technology, has been engaged in architectural practice, graphic design and town planning since 1963. Over the past two decades, he has been appointed Associated Professor at the Haile Selassie I University in Addis Ababa (1972-74); Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture (1978-83); State Artist Professor (1983-88); and a visiting professor at Yale University (1993). He is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a member of the CICA International Committee of Architectural Critics. He has designed exhibitions on Finnish architecture, planning and the visual arts; contributed to articles and lectures on cultural philosophy; and edited several books and catalogues.
