Non@Cambridge

Rem Koolhaas MacComick Student Center

"On the contrary...I would propose that there are a lot to be said. Starting from
your subconscious choise to select a detail from Mies' building and a more out
of zoom pic from Rem's. What about the use of architectural detail? In my
opinion Rem totally vandalizes Mies. The connection between the two could be
established on the base of their phenomenal resemblance. Once you move closer
though, a vast gap appears...I find interesting this discussion, but you should
have something to say for beginning...What fascinates you between the two? Is
Rem really "critical" or is he a fine reproducer of frauds? It could be a great
discussion!!!"

Response to my message by Olga Touloumi, my intellectual friend in History and Theory program at MIT and a prospective Ph.D. student at Harvard.

Olga brings some light to my thought about what is the actual meaning of "Modernist." On one hand, we see Mies as a Modernist because the timelessness quality in his design, on the other, we see Rem in the same role as he always inventing the meaning of "Modern" through innovative design approach. This may sound naive as a speech given by a theory student, but I think, this is one substantial though that should not be hidden by the rhetoric of beautiful works and so on.

posted by Non@Cambridge @ 6:21 PM