Description

SOM journal 7 is the most recent issue in a continuing series presenting the work of SOM in the context of a critical discussion. The process of review by a jury is a daring enterprise unique to SOM. The jurors for this issue were Erik Olsen, Rita McBride, Peter MacKeith, Juhani Pallasmaa, Luis Fernandez-Galiano, Joan Ockman, and Kenneth Frampton. The jury was held May 19, 2010 at the Seagram Building, New York, New York.
The essays included are: Kenneth Frampton, Notes on the Techno-Aesthetic Evolution of High-Rise Form 1896-1997, Thomas van Leeuwen, The Myth of Natural Growth II, William Baker: Building Tall, Mark Sarkisian: Emergence and the Power of One, and Nicholas Adams: How the Leopard Got Its Spots: Lever House as a Skyscraper.
Featured projects:
Project Floyd, Geneva, Switzerland; PSAC II, Bronx, New York; Lotte World 2, Seoul, Korea; John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NY,NY; Chongqing River Tower, Chongqing, China; SOM Research; High Performance Building Enclosures; SOM Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Region Plan Initiative 2010.
SOM journal 7 ist der jüngste Band einer Reihe, die Arbeiten von SOM im Kontext einer kritischen Diskussion präsentiert. Dieser Prozess einer Bewertung durch eine Jury ist ein recht risikofreudiges Unterfangen.