RE-SAMPLING ORNAMENT
Curators: Oliver Domeisen, Francesca Ferguson
Exhibition Design: Revolver Creative Services – Thilo Fuchs & Oliver Mayer
Exactly 100 years after Adolf Loos wrote Ornament and Crime, a manifesto that effectively relegated ornament in architecture to the peripheries of the discourse, “Re-sampling Ornament” takes a first step towards tracing its re-emergence. For decades the language of architectural ornament has remained largely unspoken, but for a few memorable post-modern architectu-ral experiments. Yet from Owen Jones 'Grammar of Ornament' to John Ruskin, Gottfried Semper, Louis Sullivan and William Hogarth – and contemporaries such as Kent Bloomer, a rich vocabulary of opposing and often contradictory theories exists to be readapted, re-sampled, and once again applied at the heart of architectural practice.
Oliver Domeisen's research at his unit at London’s Architectural Association into the history and contemporary application of ornament in architecture has made it possible to embellish and enrich a mutual selection of new architectural projects with terminology drawn from many dictionaries; allowing for associations and groupings that can identify vital traces of ornament in current practice and at the same time rethink its boundaries, creating a new context within which contemporary projects can be redefined and rethought.
RE-SAMPLING ORNAMENT features:
HITOSHI ABE: AIP (RESTAURANT AOBA-TEI), SENDAI, 2005
JUN AOKI: LOUIS VUITTON ROPONGI HILLS, TOKYO, 2003
BARKOW LEIBINGER: CUT TO FIT, 2008
BERTHELIER FICHET TRIBOUILLET: MEDIATHEK – TOURS NORD, 2007
PATRICK BLANC: DER VERTIKALE GARTEN – MUSÉE DES ARTS PREMIERS QUAI BRANLY, PARIS, 2004
EVAN DOUGLIS: HELIOSKOPE/ HELIOSCOPES, LOS ANGELES 2006-2007
MANUELLE GAUTRAND: ‹C_42›: CITROËN - FLAGSHIP SHOWROM, PARIS, 2007
GRAMAZIO KOHLER: WEINGUT GANTENBEIN - FLÄSCH 2006
THOMAS HEATHERWICK: EAST BEACH CAFÉ, LITTLEHAMPTON, 2007
HILD UND K: FASSADENSANIERUNG BERLIN-SCHÖNEBERG, BERLIN 1999
TOYO ITO: TOD’S OMOTESANDO GEBÄUDE, TOKYO, 2004
JÜRGEN MAYER H: DANFOSS UNIVERSE, NORDBORG, 2007
OFFICE FOR METROPOLITAN ARCHITECTURE (OMA) & 2X4: THE MC CORMICK-TRIBUNE CAMPUS CENTER, CHICAGO 2003
REALITIES UNITED & NIETO SOBEJANO: OSTFASSADE DES ‹CENTRO DE CREACIÓN CONTEMPORÁNEA DE CÓRDOBA› (C4), CORDOBA, 2008/2011
FRANÇOIS ROCHE/ R&SIE(N): WATER FLUX, EVOLÈNE, 2009
FRANCIS SOLER: MINISTERIUM FÜR KULTUR UND KOMUNIKATION - ILÔT DES BONS ENFANTS, PARIS, 2005
