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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Archivision Base to Module 13
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Antigone District
Work_PrefTitle
Antigone District
Preferred Title
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Alternate Title:
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Antígone
Work_AltTitle
Antígone
Alternate Title
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Image View:
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View of the south elevation, from the Place du Nombre d'Or, looking southwest
Image_Title
View of the south elevation, from the Place du Nombre d'Or, looking southwest
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Creator:
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Ricardo Bofill (Spanish , born 1939)
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Ricardo Bofill (Spanish , born 1939)
Creator
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Location:
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site: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon , France
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
site: Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon , France
Location
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Location Note:
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located between the old centre of Montpellier and the river Lez
Work_LocationNotes
located between the old centre of Montpellier and the river Lez
Location Note
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GPS:
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43.608056 3.89
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Date:
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1979-1997 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1979-1997 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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French
Work_Culture
French
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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Postmodern; Twentieth century
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
Postmodern; Twentieth century
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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housing project
Work_Worktype1
housing project
Work Type 1
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Work Type 2:
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mixed-use development
Work_Worktype2
mixed-use development
Work Type 2
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Work Type 3:
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plaza
Work_Worktype3
plaza
Work Type 3
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Classification:
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architecture
Work_Classification
architecture
Classification
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Material:
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precast concrete; glass; steel
Work_MaterialDisplay
precast concrete; glass; steel
Material
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Technique:
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construction (assembling); prefabrication
Work_Technique
construction (assembling); prefabrication
Technique
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Subjects:
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architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); City planning; Housing; ideal cities
Work_Image_SubjectDi splay
architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); City planning; Housing; ideal cities
Subjects
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Description:
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[The district is built on the grounds of the former Joffre Barracks, of which now only the Montpellier citadel remains. Part of the development created a new visual axis 1 kilometre in length, nicknamed the Champs-Élysées of Montpellier.] Antígone (1979-1983), Montpellier, is a recent, axial city centre enclosing monumental volumes of Baroque scale and variety. The design of these multi-storey residential complexes, whose enclosed plazas are the antithesis of the fluid, abstract spaces of modernist urban planning, was based on classical rules, but interpreted with an absolute freedom that constantly transgressed the language, proportion and scale of canonical classicism, producing elements that are often distorted and enlarged to create a disturbing colossalism. The blocks were increasingly built with the use of industrialized construction techniques such as prefabricated concrete and curtain walling systems. Bofill?s re-creation of classical urban space with its emphasis on monumentality made him one of the
Work_Description_Sou rce
[The district is built on the grounds of the former Joffre Barracks, of which now only the Montpellier citadel remains. Part of the development created a new visual axis 1 kilometre in length, nicknamed the Champs-Élysées of Montpellier.] Antígone (1979-1983), Montpellier, is a recent, axial city centre enclosing monumental volumes of Baroque scale and variety. The design of these multi-storey residential complexes, whose enclosed plazas are the antithesis of the fluid, abstract spaces of modernist urban planning, was based on classical rules, but interpreted with an absolute freedom that constantly transgressed the language, proportion and scale of canonical classicism, producing elements that are often distorted and enlarged to create a disturbing colossalism. The blocks were increasingly built with the use of industrialized construction techniques such as prefabricated concrete and curtain walling systems. Bofill?s re-creation of classical urban space with its emphasis on monumentality made him one of the
Description
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Six
LocalCollection
Archivision Addition Module Six
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Identifier:
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1A1-BR-MA-B8
Image_OriginalVendor ID
1A1-BR-MA-B8
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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