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...daybed, is an extended chair intended to encourage recline and repose. The exhibit features nine chairs from the post-World War I period, seven of which are originals from the 20s and 30s. Two of the exhibition’s chairs are contemporary reproductions, made to the architects??€™ specifications, and perfect for exhibit-goers ready to take a break and a seat...
Robin Schuldenfrei, a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Design and the exhibit’s organizer, placed each chair in front of a large-scale photograph of one of the architects??€™ buildings. The chairs merge into the background and become part of the scene, providing the illusion of a natural habitat...
...result is a smooth exhibit that veers away from resembling a living room to focus on the chairs as artistic forms in themselves and in contrast to the architects??€™ buildings. Though at first it is hard to understand the connection between such different structures, as the brightly colored brochure explains, the architects??€™ furniture work is often exemplary of their larger undertakings...
...active member of the International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM)—an informal, avant-garde association of European architects??€”Sert became involved in an international effort to strengthen urban centers in the face of a trend towards the abandoning of urban cores. This was seen as a problem both in Europe after the physical devastation of World War II and in the U.S. with ever increasing suburbanization due to the automobile. The group sought to create “new ‘hearts of the city’ that would become unique centers of collective...
...best, architecture serves the public by providing more than just shelter; architects??€™ creations become a large screen on which to project the wishes of the populace. But architecture has not taken up such a heroic cause for a long time. This time it may not meet with total success, yet it is ultimately capable of filling this role...