1st Edition
Rem Koolhaas as Scriptwriter OMA Architecture Script for West Berlin
By Helena Huber-Doudová
Copyright 2024
258 Pages
74 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
258 Pages
74 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
258 Pages
74 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book is the first survey of a new field in architecture theory: script writing. Rem Koolhaas as Scriptwriter explores the intersection of architecture, film, and text using the example of the working method of scriptwriter, Rem Koolhaas, and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).
This book argues that Koolhaas formulates his approach to architecture on the basis of the “written... Read more
List of figures
Introduction
1. Script—Conceptual framework
2. Between film and architecture
3. West Berlin—the Berlin Wall
4. The archipelago
5. Friedrichstrasse and Checkpoint Charlie
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix
Index
Biography
Helena Huber-Doudová is curator of the Architecture Collection of the National Gallery Prague (NGP), Czech Republic. She is studying for her PhD in Art History at the University of Zurich. She is co-lead researcher of the Czech Science Foundation research on Women in Architecture (2021–2023).
