虚伪的ARCHIGRAM

What is Archigram (小丑的闹剧）

In a combination of technological belief, architectural extremity, love of pop inspired culture and vision of a technocratic future and desire for social change, archigram dominated the architectural avant garde in the 1960s and early 1970s

The group collaborative efforts produced hilarious, provocative challenges to bauhaus models of architecture, exploding our notion of architectural practice and the limits of reality. It was formated in 1961 by a group of young London architects – Warren Chalk, Peter Cook, Dennis Crompton, David Greene, Ron Herron and Michael Webb. The unique strength of the working group that became the fulcrum of Archigram was that it was six people with a range of greatly differing perspectives, tastes, skills, age, politics and backgrounds.
INSTANT CITY, 1970 © Ron Herron, Archigram

Instant City Airships, 1968, Archigram

A 3 dimentional model of the PLUG-IN CITY

PLUG-IN CITY, © Peter Cook, Archigram

Plug In City,
Mixed media collage by Peter Cook for Archigram. 12 x 18.5 in.

one more sketch by architect Ron Herron, Archigram, of the walking city

Walking City in New York, 1964

所谓的大师，也骗吃骗喝。跟着Dennis Crompton 上了一个学期的STUDIO。现在慢慢想来，觉得像是一场闹剧。从一开始就反感设计一个新的城市。库哈斯也是他的学生，可是库哈斯说不要对未来做太多的畅想，没有必要，因为现在的城市已经蕴含了太多的潜能。

从这个STUDIO里我学会了如何去系统地搜集资料，也许，现在建一个新的城市，我知道哪些资料和讯息需要调查，有多少的城市人口，需要多少的城市配套设施，需要如何设计交通体系，在设计的过程中如何跟现有的城市进行比较和借鉴。但是，从1960年到现在，将近50年，我们面对一个城市的建造，却还是这么传统的手法。

城市的表皮，城市的转变，城市的历史性与空间性，城市的THIRD SPACE, 城市的模糊空间和边缘空间，等等等等。这些是我只上了一节课就学到的城市理论，居然在去年的STUDIO里一个没有提到。我不敢想象，一个标榜URBAN先锋的设计小组，在过去的将近50年里，居然没有任何的改进。

我很负责任地说，ARCHIGRAM 很投机，很虚伪。也许，上学期最大的收获是，看到这场闹剧，学会如何面对每周三次的REVIEW和潮水般涌来的模型制作。

Dennis Crompton 说，你们将来回忆起这段经历也许会感觉别有一番感受。

可我坚决不信任ARCHIGRAM.

I don't trust you, Dennis Crompton!