GEAM

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The GEAM (Groupe d'Etudes d'Architecture Mobile) was a network of European architects. The group, also known as the study group for mobile construction in German, was formed in 1957/58 following the last CIAM meeting in Dubrovnik.

The group presented their ideas in numerous magazine articles as well as in a traveling exhibition that was shown in Paris, Hanover, Amsterdam and Warsaw, among others. The network dissolved around 1963, but the influence on groups such as GIAP , Archigram and Superstudio continued.

Goal setting

The GEAM group called for “mobile” or “adaptable” building with prefabricated elements as well as more open planning that should be designed in a participatory manner. The demand was justified with the emergence of an increasingly "mobile" society, which is characterized by the solution of traditional structures and increased individuality. The designs ranged from light pavilions and simple living cells to gigantic megastructures .

The group had a keen interest in new construction techniques , such as those promoted by Robert Le Ricolais and Richard Buckminster Fuller . There were also contacts to the visual arts, for example with the ZERO group and the Dutch artist Constant . Individual members cooperated with Yves Klein , Wojciech Fangor and André Thomkins .

Members

David Georges Emmerich , Camille Frieden , Yona Friedman , Günter Günschel , Oskar Nikolai Hansen , Günther Kühne , Paul Maymont , Frei Otto , Werner Ruhnau , Eckhard Schulze-Fielitz , Jerzy Soltan and Jan Trapman .

literature

  • Design the future. Architectural concepts of GEAM (Groupe d'Études d'Architecture Mobile) 1958–1963 , Cornelia Escher, gta Verlag Zürich 2017, ISBN 978-3-85676-365-7

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günschel, Günter (ed.), L'Architecture mobile - Mobile Architektur - Architecture mobile , Hannover 1961.
  2. ↑ Escher, Cornelia, Designing the Future. Architectural concepts of GEAM (Groupe d'Etudes d'Architecture Mobile) , 1958–1963 , Zurich 2017.
  3. ↑ GEAM, Program for Mobile Building, in: Ulrich Conrads (ed.), Programs and Manifestos for Architecture of the 20th Century , Frankfurt a. M. 1964 ( Bauwelt Fundamente 1 ), pp. 160–161.
  4. ↑ Escher, Cornelia, Designing the Future. Architectural concepts of GEAM (Groupe d'Etudes d'Architecture Mobile) , 1958–1963 , Zurich 2017.