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Covering Covered Covers
2021 ACADEMIC Oana Stanescu Something Fantastic
This experience was orchestrated by Dean Michael Speaks with Oana Stanescu and Berlin-based firm Something Fantastic.
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The workshop made a case for “covers,” a typical practice in fine art, inspired recreations of existing popular works. Embracing a contextual approach, covers were viewed as essential aspects of culture and art history. Rather than replace and destroy, why not add and create?
The cover: the Sky House by Kiyonori Kikutake,, designed using principles of Metabolism, with a focus on operability and multifunctional space.
Situated on the same site, the plan was expanded as an experiment with Metabolism, applied to shared living.
