Archonpoison

by Guy Lafranchi

"The book is dedicated to all those structures that are loaded with poison. Whether it is a system of empty petrol storage tanks or a historical Landhaus from 1700, Archonpoison deals with structures that are welcome or not, destroyed or renovated, accepted or despised, structures looking forward neither to being replaced nor to ending in archives of conservation, but to an activation of their latent transformative power."?Guy Lafranchi, from the introduction to Archonpoison Archonpoison presents two of Guy Lafranchi's recent projects, which at first glance appear quite different yet which have strong conceptual similarities. By weaving together his realized Landhaus project and his unbuilt Tank project, Lafranchi invokes the power of architecture to transform meaning as well as space, to affect the symbolic as well as the instrumental, liberating its potential to deepen our understanding of the world around us. Archonpoison, which includes a preface by Lebbeus Woods, is the second title in the RIEAeuropea book series, after BorderLine.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3211832947
• ISBN13: 9783211832943
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 8.3"