The Lazarus Archives: FABRIC of ARCHITECTURE

Fabric of Architecture-4.2/ 1.6

I’ve been looking to buy some additional books on architectural representation, art by architects and theoretical musings about the current state of architecture. Looking for a book seems a bit archaic today, as I have a vast library at my finger- tips but there is something to be said for actually turning a physical page!

That research led to a website that I frequently visit: the website of the late visionary architect, Lebbeus Woods, and a post-commentary on the work of architect, Thom Mayne (Lebbeus Woods-Thom Maynes Mind).The work shown in the post is intense, suggesting a mind that operates on a higher plane than most, and without a shadow of doubt, is uniquely, creatively and inspirationally original. What I see in the work shown on the post, is someone searching for a new vocabulary, a new language through which to explore the creative process and lift architecture out of its current accepted manifestation. It goes far beyond art, and hints to the depth of the underlying orders and dynamics of our physical environment. This particular work questions in a very real and tangible way the role of architecture as objects that occupy and define the physical environment. It seems to ask….Can architecture, can the built environment be a cohesive fabric that binds all those objects into one physical entity? The work shown in the post and the mental ingestion of it, along with the commentary by Lebbeus Woods, moved me to first imagine and create an extension (variation) of the Lazarus Designs logo.

Lazarus Designs-Metallic Transformation

Unlike a lot of my recent discovery through process endeavors, this time I started with a destination. Starting not from scratch, but from the logo of Lazarus Designs I began to interpret the logo using just two warped planes of implied metallic surfaces. The exercise was engaging, and I began to glimpse opportunities and possibilities, and began to understand (not in depth, just the scratch the surface type) of the underlying forces which Mayne was exploring. I began to explore those possibilities and challenged myself as to figuring out the methods. The more I looked the more I saw, the more I did, the more I wanted to do. This is the nature, beauty and mystery of the creative process. I began chasing ideas in three separate and distinct pieces, grasping to understand the language of the work that inspired me.