Lebbeus Woods

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Lebbeus Bigelow Woods (born May 31, 1940 in Lansing , Michigan , † October 30, 2012 in New York City , New York ) was an American artist and architect .

Life

He studied architecture at the University of Illinois and Purdue University . After completing his studies, he worked in the offices of Eero Saarinen , but in 1976 switched to experimental projects and architectural theory.

As an architect, Woods designed buildings in Chengdu , China and Havana , Cuba. In 1988 Woods founded the Research Institute for Experimental Architecture, a not-for-profit institution promoting experimental architecture.

Lebbeus Woods taught as a professor of architecture at the Cooper Union in New York .

Influences on contemporary media

Woods influenced the sets of an alternate version of Alien 3 (directed by Vincent Ward) and 12 Monkeys .

In the summer of 1990, Woods was hired as a concept artist for the film Alien 3 and designed various sketches for possible alien colonies . The film was never realized under Vincent Ward, which means that Wood's designs were not adopted. The final Alien 3 film adaptation was eventually adopted by David Fincher without Woods designs.

Since Terry Gilliam, producer of the film 12 Monkeys , was inspired by Woods drawing "Neomechanical Tower (Upper) Chamber" (1987) and adopted the design for the interrogation room almost unchanged, Woods sued Universal Studios for the theft of its design. The court found the design to be almost identical and prompted Universal to withdraw the film from the market and remove all scenes based on Woods' ideas from the film material. Woods relented, however, and allowed Universal to distribute the film again, but received a six-figure compensation for this.

Light Pavilion

Wood's only completed project is the Light Pavilion in Chengdu , China . It is a collaboration with Christoph a. Kumpusch and the architect Steven Holl, in whose building complex, the Sliced ​​Porosity Block, the Light Pavilion is integrated over four floors. Woods describes his architecture as experimental, both conceptually and creatively. The shape of the Light Pavilion is not geometric or static, but dynamic and unconventional, which is intended to encourage visitors to explore the stairs and platforms within the complex. The shape of the Light Pavilion also opposes the geometric shape of the surrounding building.

In the evening the Light Pavilion is illuminated and depending on the season, month, day or holiday it shines in a different color. Woods himself said that he wanted to expand the experiences and viewing habits of society, because "our fast-paced world constantly places new demands on us in order to understand things and act accordingly, and asks us to perceive completely new dimensions of experience".

Works

  • 2011: Lebbeus Woods: "OneFiveFour"
  • 2006: Manuel de Landa , Anthony Vidler , Peter Noever and Lebbeus Woods - Lebbeus Woods: System Wien
  • 2004: Anthony Vidler, Lebbeus Woods, and Paul Virilio - The Storm and the Fall
  • 2004: Karsten Harries , Richard Armstrong , Tracy Myers and Lebbeus Woods - Lebbeus Woods: Experimental Architecture
  • 2002: Lebbeus Woods and John Johansen - Nanoarchitecture: A New Species of Architecture
  • 2001: Lebbeus Woods - Radical Reconstruction
  • 2001: Lebbeus Woods - Earthquake! A Post-Biblical View
  • 1996: Lebbeus Woods - Pamphlet Architecture 15: War and Architecture
  • 1992: Lebbeus Woods - Anarchitecture Architecture Is a Political Act
  • 1992: Lebbeus Woods - The New City
  • 1990: Japan Architect - Lebbeus Woods Terra Nova by Japan Architect

Exhibitions

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lebbeus Woods, Experimental Architect, Dies at archdaily.com, accessed October 30, 2012
  2. ↑ 1994 Chrysler Design Award to Lebbeus Woods ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.chrysler.com
  3. ↑ Nicolai Ouroussoff: An Architect Unshackled by Limits of the Real World . In: The New York Times , August 25, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2010. 
  4. ↑ Lebbeus Woods: Alien Past . February 3, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ Jimmy Stamp: Lebbeus Woods and 12 Monkeys . September 20, 2006. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
  6. ↑ 12 Monkeys - Universal Studios and Lebbeus Woods . Website copyright. Archived from the original on December 12, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 23, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.benedict.com
  7. ↑ Lebbeus Woods: A SPACE OF LIGHT . February 15, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  8. ↑ de zeen magazine: The Light Pavilion by Lebbeus Woods with Christoph a. Kumpusch . dezeen.com . January 19, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  9. ^ Announcement on the exhibition , accessed on July 18, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Woods, Lebbeus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Woods, Lebbeus Bigelow
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American architect and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Lansing , Michigan, United States
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 2012
Place of death New York City , New York, United States