Denise Scott Brown

ISBN-13: 9783031367809 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Biljana Arandelovic

Opis

Denise Scott Brown is best known as part of one of the most acclaimed architectural partnerships in modern architectural history, Denise Scott Brown & Robert Venturi. Together with Venturi, she ran the firm Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates (VSBA). Their architectural and urban planning designs, theories and publications caused a revolution in the world of architecture. Their most famous theoretical work, co-authored with Steven Izenour, Learning from Las Vegas, became a global phenomenon that marked the 20th century. Scott Brown & Venturi were also a married couple. However, in the traditional male-dominated architectural world, men were automatically put in leadership positions while the role of women was always underplayed, although they worked in equal partnership and made the same contribution. The role of Denise Scott Brown in joint projects, in the eyes of the public, was for decades diminished, while Venturi was brought to the forefront and celebrated as a genius. She never received due recognition for her work.This book is entirely dedicated to Denise Scott Brown and gives her the credit she deserves. It informs readers about her life, analyzes her projects in both architecture and urban planning, and offers a better understanding of her theories. The seven chapters provide a comprehensive insight into the world of legendary Denise and complete the knowledge necessary to understand her as a true and authentic diva of architecture, an innovative urban planner, theorist and passionate professor. Chapter 8 is a comprehensive conclusion that rounds off the monograph through a shorter review of numerous topics covered in the previous chapters. At the very beginning of the book is a letter that Denise wrote to the author. Her words are an authentic testimony of her life after 1967. The book is richly illustrated with a total of 274 photographs, urban planning layouts and various project illustrations.

Spis treści

CHAPTER 1 DENIS SCOTT BROWN INTRODUCTION 

A letter to Biljana from Denise Scott Brown 

1.1 Ahead of her time

1.2 From teaspoon to region and landscape 

1.3 Architecture 

1.4 Social practice within the interdisciplinary approach of Denise Scott Brown 

1.5 Denise and Bob 

1.6 Photographic portraits of architects: Denise and Bob in the Nevada desert 

1.7 Denise and Bob in Las Vegas 

1.8 Goals and purpose

1.9 Awards, teamwork and individual recognition 

1.10 The significance of Denise Scott Brown for the future generations of women in architecture and planning, and what we can all learn from her 

References

 

CHAPTER 2 LIFE AND INFLUENCES 

 

2.1 Denise in Africa

2.1.1 Growing up in Africa 

2.1.2 Early education and starting architecture school in Johannesburg

2.1.3 Family home in Johannesburg

2.1.4 The general influence of South Africa on the work of Denise Scott Brown

 

2.2 Various influences that formed the Denise as an architect, planner and theorist 

2.2.1 Denise Scott Brown at the Architectural Association (AA) in London: impacts and consequences on her life and architectural and urban thinking 

2.2.2 The unbreakable bond between New Brutalists and Denise Scott Brown

2.2.3 Going to America, from East Coast to West Coast 

2.2.3.1 Studying at the University of Pennsylvania and Influences that lasted a lifetime

2.2.3.2 Life after leaving Penn. West Coast life, experience and inspirations 

References

 

CHAPTER 3: DENISE SCOTT BROWN: TEACHER

 

3.1 Introduction to the pedagogical engagements of Denise Scott Brown

3.2 Introduction to the main pedagogical methodology created by Denise Scott Brown – the Studio 

3.3 Studios and other courses for architects and urban planners taught by Denise 

References

 

CHAPTER 4 DENISE SCOTT BROWN: WRITER AND THEORIST 

 

4.1 An introduction to Denise the Theorist 

4.1.1 Loud and persistent

4.1.2 About Learning from Pop

4.1.3 Paralipomena and Denise Scott Brown 

 

4.2 The influence of Denise Scott Brown on the development of postmodernism 

4.2.1 Introduction to Postmodernism 

4.2.2 Postmodern at the first Venice Architecture Biennale in 1980 

4.2.3 Postmodernism as seen by Denise Scott Brown

4.2.4 The end of postmodernism 

 

4.3 Eternal Las Vegas

4.3.1 An introduction to the Las Vegas phenomenon

4.3.2 Learning from Las Vegas revised edition 1977 

4.3.3 First encounters with Las Vegas

4.3.4 Why Las Vegas and Levittown were selected as research studio topics 

4.3.5 Some of the research methods used in Las Vegas

4.3.6 What did you all learn from Las Vegas?

4.3.7 Contribution of Learning from Las Vegas 

 

4.4 Some comments on Architecture as Patterns and Systems: Learning from Planning

4.4.1 Basic information on Architecture as Patterns and Systems

4.4.2 The Redefinition of Functionalism 

4.4.3 The street through the building

References

 

CHAPTER 5: DENISE SCOTT BROWN: URBAN PLANNER

 

5.1 The main role 

5.1.1 Urbanist

5.1.2 The impact of Crane’s theory on Denise Scott Brown’s urban planning methodology 

5.1.3 Mapping interior public space

 

5.2 Campus Urbanist 

 

5.3 South Street Project – The Philadelphia Crosstown Community

5.3.1 Principal-in-charge, Denise Scott Brown 

5.3.2 Las Vegas – South Street Parallel and invitation for joining the CCPDCC activist team

5.3.3 The activist and political context of Scott Brown and Venturi’s involvement 

5.3.4 Crosstown Expressway 

5.3.5 Citizens’ Committee to Preserve and Develop the Crosstown Community (CCPDCC)

5.3.6 The project 

5.3.7 The theories behind the South Street Project 

5.3.8 Influence of Johannesburg 

5.3.9 Use of photography

 

5.4 Miami Beach Washington Avenue Revitalization Plan proposal

References

 

CHAPTER 6 DENISE SCOTT BROWN: ARCHITECT

 

6.1 Denise Scott Brown's architectural vision, mannerism, functionalism and symbolism

6.2 The internal street and arcades within Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi’s buildings

6.3 Designing inside out and outside in

6.4 Philadelphia Orchestra Hall 

6.5 The Whitehall Ferry Terminal

6.6 Sainsbury Wing at the National Gallery in London

6.7 Provincial Capitol Building, Département de la Haute-Garônne, Toulouse

6.8 Mielparque Nikko Kirifuri Resort in Japan

References

 

CHAPTER 7 DENISE SCOTT BROWN: PHOTOGRAPHER

 

7.1 The special connection between Denise Scott Brown and photography

7.2 Photographic beginnings with Robert Scott Brown 

7.3 Photography as a research and teaching tool 

7.4 Signs and Fragments in the Photography of Denise Scott Brown

References

 

CHAPTER 8 DENISE SCOTT BROWN: AHEAD OF HER AND OUR TIME. THE VISION THAT NEVER ENDS.

O autorze

Biljana Arandelovic is a Guest Researcher at the Institute for Urban and Regional Research (ISR) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW), in Vienna. She holds a Ph.D. in architecture from the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz, 2008) and was a Postdoc Research Fellow (2011-2012) at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK Berlin), at the Institute for History and Theory of Design. Arandelovic was also a Guest Researcher at the ASK Centre for Research on Management and Economics of Arts and Culture Institutions at Bocconi University (Milan). Arandelovic has taught contemporary architecture at the Faculty of Applied Arts at the University of Arts Belgrade (Serbia), art and the city in the Department of Architecture, Unitec Institute of Technology (Auckland, New Zealand), and at Art and the City summer schools in Vienna and Graz (2013-2015). She teaches Contemporary architecture, Art and architecture, and Serbian architecture in the 20th century at the University of Niš.

 

Biljana Arandelovic worked as an artist in Graz from 2005 to 2011, represented by Marion Fischer art moments Gallery. Arandelovic has authored the following books: Contemporary architecture and its development from the end of the 19th century to the present day (Službeni glasnik, 2022), Belgrade. The 21st Century Metropolis of Southeast Europe (Springer, 2020), Public Art and Urban Memorials in Berlin (Springer, 2018), and Visual Impressions: Architecture and Art in Public Space in Graz (Leykam, 2012). 

Blurb

This book is entirely dedicated to Denise Scott Brown. It informs readers about her life, analyzes her projects in both architecture and urban planning and offers a better understanding of her radical theories. The seven main chapters and the conclusion provide a comprehensive insight into the world of legendary Denise and complete the knowledge necessary to understand her as an architect, an urban planner, a theorist, and a professor. Each chapter is richly illustrated. At the very beginning of the book is a letter that Denise wrote to the author. Her words are an authentic testimony of her life after 1967.