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BIG. Yes is More. An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution (Paperback)
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BIG. Yes is More. An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution (Paperback)
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Yes is More is the easily accessible but unremittingly radical
manifesto of Copenhagen-based architectural practice Bjarke Ingels
Group, or BIG.Unlike a typical architectural monograph, this book
uses the comic book format to express its groundbreaking agenda for
contemporary architecture. It is also the first comprehensive
documentation of BIG's trailblazing practice-where method, process,
instruments, and concepts are constantly questioned and redefined.
Or, as the group itself says: "Historically, architecture has been
dominated by two opposing extremes: an avant-garde full of crazy
ideas, originating from philosophy or mysticism; and the well
organized corporate consultants that build predictable and boring
boxes of high standard. Architecture seems entrenched: naively
utopian or petrifyingly pragmatic. We believe there is a third way
between these diametric opposites: a pragmatic utopian architecture
that creates socially, economically, and environmentally perfect
places as a practical objective. At BIG we are devoted to investing
in the overlap between radical and reality. In all our actions we
try to move the focus from the little details to the BIG picture."
Bjarke Ingels attracts highly talented coworkers, but also gifted
and ambitious clients from all over the world. He then creates
intelligent synergies from wild energies and unforeseen dynamics,
and transforms them into surprising, functional, valuable, and
beautiful solutions to the specific and complex challenges in each
task. BIG projects have won awards from the Royal Academy of Fine
Arts, and the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Architecture
Biennale, as well as many other international prizes. Yes is More
is a play on words that represents the company's ethos and sums up
its irreverent attitude towards excessive formalism, and its
determination to involve the population at large in its creations.
As an extension of its methods and results, its debut monograph
uses the most approachable and populist means of communication
available-the comic.
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