Monday 10 March 2008

BUILDING IN CONTEXT PT.3 - ST.JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE













Left: The existing building (context)
Right: The new building
St. John's College, Cambridge by Edward Cullinan & Ptr.
Building new LIKE old.
Understanding the architectonic essence of the old and mimicing by inventiveness, not by copying.
Post Modernist preoccupation with historical references.
Requires skill and sensitivity to avoid clumsy outcomes.

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