Another slick sampling of what might usefully called ‘pocket architecture’, the pint-sized slices of uber-modernism that take a slightly more practical approach to the problems of low-cost structures. Spacecraft is subtitled 'fleeting architecture and hideouts,' implying that experimentation only has a limited shelf life. That’s not to say that there aren’t permanent structures on show, but the most thrilling projects tend to be the most subversive, erected in hitherto off-limits spaces like electricity pylons and abandoned industrial spaces, here today and gone tomorrow.
INFORMATION
Spacecraft: Fleeting Architecture and Hideouts, edited by R. Klanten and L. Feireiss (Die Gestalten Verlag, £35)
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