COLLAGE   AS   SPACE CONSTRUCTION
METHOD

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ARTICLE SUMMARY

“Collage as the methodology functioned as an analytical and generative tool in architectural practice”.

Collage is...

• Architecture in the shape of a narrative representation;
  
• Different layers that represent fragments of a story;
  
• Fragments that create different meanings when seeing them as a whole.

Interpretations...

 1. Of collage as a design technique;
 2. Of architecture as the collage itself.

IMPORTANT

• The order, size and relationship of the fragments matter! They guide the narrative and express one’s intentions and subjectivity.
  
• The reason for choosing certain fragments can only be understood when seeing
  the collage as a whole.

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Breaking down collage compositions from Archigram and Superstudio to understand the narrative at the core of their utopian architecture.

SUMMARY OF THE TECHNIQUE

Superstudio-The New Domestic Landscape 

3 MAIN LAYERS

1. Background and context

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2. Elements of text and sketches

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3. People or objects in the foreground.



No.2 is the argument behind the narrative.
It creates the relationship between 1 and 3.

Archigram-Tuned-In City

DECOMPOSING THE LAYERS

RECOMPOSITION:
FROM FRAGMENTS TO NARRATIVE