Stanley Tigerman.The (architectural) diagram is the first graphic representation of an architect's conceptual thoughts. If the diagram doesn't become fulfilled through development, it is difficult to begin again; demonstrating the power of the diagram. The diagram can take different forms, ranging from the expression of functional juxtapositions (the so-called 'bubble diagram') to pre-design cogitations. Whatever form it takes, it has the authority of initiation, and as such, an undeniable potency. It can be abstract, or detailed, but its power comes from it being the first graphic representation of an idea that is somehow magnetically drawn towards its own fulfilment. For me, however, the most fascinating part of the diagram is the part least talked about--the pre-diagrammatic moment just before thought is made graphically palpable, ie, causality causality, in philosophy, the relationship between cause and effect. A distinction is often made between a cause that produces something new (e.g., a moth from a caterpillar) and one that produces a change in an existing substance (e.g. . History and environment are preconceptions that weigh heavily in determining what that first diagram is. There is, however, an inexplicable in·ex·pli·ca·ble adj. Difficult or impossible to explain or account for. in·ex  pli·ca·bil moment before that. That is the moment that both fascinates--and escapes--me, the moment that represents the fluid core that I believe to be architecture just as it is being conceived--what a moment! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The diagram(s) included represent my initial thoughts about a major work that will begin construction in spring of this year--the Illinois Holocaust Museum The term Holocaust museum may refer to:
n the final step of mixing dental amalgam; a kneading of the triturated mass to complete the amalgamation. over whether I would submit to an interview, I jotted down thoughts I had about Judaism's ancient history and how I believed that the intention of the Third Reich Third Reich Official designation for the Nazi Party's regime in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945. The name reflects Adolf Hitler's conception of his expansionist regime—which he predicted would last 1,000 years—as the presumed successor of the Holy Roman was to not only kill Jews, but to obliterate o·blit·er·ate v. 1. To remove an organ or another body part completely, as by surgery, disease, or radiation. 2. To blot out, especially through filling of a natural space by fibrosis or inflammation. the history of the Jews. The 'hinge' at the centre was thought of as the 'Book of Remembrance', while the dark (left) side I perceived as a 'descent into darkness' (the museum) and the light (right) side as an ascent into the light. That sketch was the initiation of a series of thoughts that have been fulfilled through the development of the project. STANLEY TIGERMAN Stanley Tigerman (born 20th September, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American architect, theorist and designer He studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Chicago Institute of Design, and Yale University. , TIGERMAN MCCURRY ARCHITECTS Admired: The most potent diagram I can think of was simply a line ______ conceived by my friend, the late John Q. Hejduk as an initial representation of his famous wall house project (now built in the Netherlands) where one side of the wall represented the past (opaque elements--stairs, kitchen, bath, and so on), and the other side the future (transparent elements--bedrooms, living, dining, and so on). The potency of the project at its earliest 'ideation' stage will remain with me forever. Its surrealist progenitor pro·gen·i·tor n. 1. A direct ancestor. 2. An originator of a line of descent. progenitor ancestor, including parent. progenitor cell stem cells. artist, Rene Magritte, combined with the finitude fin·i·tude n. The quality or condition of being finite. Noun 1. finitude - the quality of being finite boundedness, finiteness we all contend with--the thin line which is our brief present on this planet--all combine to have immense weight. That an architect--albeit a highly poetic one--could capture all that in one slash of a mark, is remarkable. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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