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Columns are structural, in tension and
compression; loaded, light, thick and thin; they’re symbolic
and abstract – meaning something and nothing; they’re decorative
and banal; they’re the orders, ordering and orderly but also
disruptive; they’re political – reinforcing cultural ideas or
tools to break free; they’re base + shaft + capital but not always all
at the same time; they’re scary and sublime; cast, carved and
paper thin; field, fragment, edge and centre; they’re heavy, hollow, hewn and hung; they’re a contradiction; an endless joke.
So columns are anything and everything; they’re all these things and more. Our
ambition was to decode the principles in past works where the column takes primacy as the
fundamental critical and conceptual component. Through these 100 drawings – some almost comically
abstract, others full of detail – we interrogated their possibilities. We were in
search of universal ideas, looking to exploit these references as concepts rather than as image or formal inspiration. This
small publication, produced with the master students of Kingston School of Art, was an archive and
our guide. It was our point of departure in developing an architecture where the column is the fundamental
building component.
100 columns
Research project at Kingston School of ArtsIn collaboration with Matthew Philips
Graphic design by Bernardo Berga Rodrigues
2018 - 2019
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Feigen Gallery, Hans Hollein, New York, USA, 1969
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Alte Sudridhof, Hans Dollgast, Munich, Germany, 1955
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Van Nelle Factory, Brinkman & Van der Vlugt, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1925-31
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Central Pillar, Diwan-i-khas, Unknown, Fatehpur Sikri, India, 1635
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MDF Lined Acrow Prop, de Vylder Vinck Tallieu, Antwerp, Belgium, 2012
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Maarschalk Gerardstraat, Eagles of Architecture, Antwerp, Belgium, 2014
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Santa Maria della Pace cloister, Donato Bramante, Rome, Italy, 1504
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‘Parcours’ In Situ Installation at Z33, Oliver Goethals, Hasselt, Belgium, 2017
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Eden Pavilion, Herzog & de Meuron, Rheinfelden, Switzerland, 1987
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Juma Mosque, Unkown, Khiva, Uzbekistan, 18th Century
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Lagerhaus Giesshübel, Robert Maillart, Zürich, Switzerland, 1913
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Palm tree columns at the Royal Pavilion, John Nash, Brighton, UK, 1815
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Baldacchino St Peter’s Basalica, Gianlorenzo Bernini, Rome, Italy, 1633
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Kunsthal, Petra Blaisse, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1999
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Addition to the Allen Memorial Museum, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Oberlin, USA, 1977
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Erechtheion, Mnesicles, Athens, Greece, 406BC
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Two Columns, Robert Morris, New York, USA, 1961
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Villa Mairea, Alvar Aalto, Noormarkku, Finland, 1939
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St George’s Bloomsbury, Nicholas Hawksmoor, London, UK, 1730
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SQN 206 - Blocos de A a K, Marcilio Mendes Ferreira, Brasilia, Brazil, 1974
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Memling Dawn, Louise Bourgeois, New York, USA, 1992
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Khonsu Temple, Unknown, Luxor, Egypt, 12th Century BC
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St Giles Catholic Church, Augustus Pugin, Cheadle, UK, 1841
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Le Havre housing, Auguste Perret, Le Havre, France, 1945-1964
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Havana Ka Khai, Ellora Caves, Maharashtra, India, 7th-10th Century
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Terminal Borders, Constantin Brancusi, Paris, France, 1945
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Totem Odalisca, Ettore Sottsass, Milan, Italy, 1988
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Drill bit columns, Jacques Herzog, Basel, Switzerland, 1983