pure jacques tati. the involuntary humour of late modernism was a major argument against excessive abstraction with the postmodernists. from this rather clever point, they went on to make two wrong assumptions: that architecture could be a vehicle for real humour; and that architects as such were funny people. today, postmodernism looks like a bad joke and very often because it was. appearing funny when you are serious is just one of the risks of being serious from which there is no real escape.
brazilian museum of sculpture, MUBE, paulo mendes da rocha 1988
more words, yada, yada, yada.
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simplicity, check! dignity, check! wife getting in the way of camera, check!
skylight, brazilian museum of sculpture, MUBE.
architect: paulo mendes da rocha, 1988.
no sculptures, though
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brazilian museum of sculpture, museu brasileiro da escultura - or MUBE.
architect: paulo mendes da rocha, 1988.
under the concrete canopy, so reminiscent of lina bo bardi's museum MASP, not far from here.
and nobody looked this cool in 1988, a low point in architecture across the globe. how did he do it?
the idea of the building forming a canopy and creating a shaded outdoor space makes a lot of sense in the sao paulo climate even if it all looks a little empty and grey on a sleepy sunday like this.
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brazilian museum of sculpture, MUBE, paulo mendes da rocha 1988.
how to add a window to an exsisting concrete wall.
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brazilian museum of sculpture, MUBE, paulo mendes da rocha 1988
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