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Common Frameworks as Artifacts
Notes on the infrastructural monument
Christopher Lee Principal Serie Architects Adjunct Associate Professor in Urban Design, Harvard GSD
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Common Frameworks as Artifacts Notes on the infrastructural monument Christopher Lee Principal Serie Architects Adjunct Associate Professor in Urban Design, Harvard GSD The conception of an infrastructural monument must begin from the idea of
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I. Megastructures or ‘Monumental Follies’?
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Paul Rudolph, Lower Manhattan Expressway, 1970
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Kenzo Tange, Tokyo Bay Project, 1960
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II. The irreducible structure of the city as an artifact
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Aristotle’s Polis City – Polis > Politics ‘Observations shows us, first, that every city (polis) is a species of association, and secondly, that all associations come into being for the sake of some good – for all men do all their acts with a view to achieving something which is, in their view, good.’ (1252a1) Politics
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III. Xi’an Horticultural Masterplan
Xi’an, China
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IV. Conclusion
The Infrastructural Monument:
- should be conceived through the idea of the city
- should draw its grammar from the irreducible structure of the city
- should be a legible and finite artifact
- is not defined by its size but by its ability to accommodate the