Stabell Michael (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 30x25cm, 138,(1) pages. Cover title. Minor wear. VG. [" This project is the results of photo and drawing studies done at the Greek peninsula of Peloponnese in the autumn of 2019 along with Michael Stabell. The studies explore contemporary buildings that have been abandoned or given up before completion. The buildings are registered with a focus on their unique potentials for a new future, and perhaps with a new functionality which is put in relation to the surrounding landscape. The starting point is an aesthetic angle on the modern ruin, as a contemporary reference to the ruins of Ancient Greece, both as a picture of wealth, greatness, and decline. No concrete suggestions are given for the buildings' potential future, as the intention is that the studies can form the basis for new ideas. At the same time, the studies are trying to debate how to deal with the resources that have already been used in the construction that has been abandoned or has not been completed. Have the resources simply been lost, or are there fair opportunities in resuming the projects with new ideas and a new perspective for future use? In this way, through a local Greek starting point, the studies address a global issue of our abandoned or unused building mass, in relation to the climate. An issue that is just as current in Greece as in the rest of the world." - from page 3].