Concrete Cathedrals

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These satiric gestures are also a theme in Rem Koolhaus’ final student project at the Architectural Association, entitled “Exodus,” loosely based of Superstudio’s “Continuous Monument” project. The prison of voluntary prisoners stretching through the center of London features the social and physical implication of the Berlin Wall. His thesis physically manifests these dark elements—isolation, anger, destruction, inequality—and declares 94

Koolhaas implements the collage technique to create vivid portrays of life within this visionary wall.


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