INTRODUCTION
POP PHENOMENA IN ARCHITECTURE
Daniela Konrad
Daniela Konrad
Only the realization of utopias will make man happy and release him from his frustrations!
[Wolf Vostell]
So gesehen handelt es sich beim Populren um eine besonders voraussetzungsarme,
zugngliche und deshalb demokratische Form von sthetik, von kulturellen Gegenstnden
und Ereignissen. POP ist eine dem Kapitalismus zeitgenssischen Stadiums entsprechende Art
der Fiktionalisierung, des Seelenbalsams, der Massenrituale: die Popmoderne.
[Jochen Bonz]
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On POP culture
POP refers to popular culture. This cultural phenomenon is
linked to widespread aspects and attributes of the general
public that appear out of a vernacular society over time.
POP has mostly been associated with music and art, but it
is finding relevance in the world of architecture and urban
theory, now more than ever. A new trend is arisingmany
of todays architects aspire to or are becoming POPstars.
They design buildings which are frequented by a broad
spectrum of the public and they present illustrations
of their built and unbuilt architectural proposals in the
communicationmedia. There, we become aware of buildings
and whole urban conglomerations operating as backdrops,
setting the stage for products or serving directly as icons for
individual institutions or even whole cities.
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Santa Caterina Market
Barcelona, Spain
Architects: EMBT
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Mercedes-Benz Museum
Stuttgart, Germany
Architects: UN Studio
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