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Journal TitleA + U : architecture and urbanism
Article TitleThe abandoned snail shell
AuthorGrafton Architects
Editor(s)Sato, Ayako ; Chen, Sylvia ; Rahman, Amena ; Iwabuchi, Mizuki
Issue(624)
Page(s)pp140-141
DateSeptember 2022
Contenttext
Note(s)A short text from Grafton using the metaphor of an abandoned snail shell to articulate their design philosophy. This text originated in 1995 as Grafton Architects' entry into the first stage in a competition for an ECO house in Paris. As part of the short listing process participating architects were asked to articulate an idea in text only, with no visual aids of any kind. An edited version of the original text in English is here accompanied by a Japanese translation.
Subject(s)literature ; architectural theory
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