ESSAY JAN KAPLICKY VISIONARY DRAUGHTSMAN

摘要

It is axiomatic that all architects draw. For most, drawing is simply a way of conveying information - to assistants or contractors. There may be beauty in the drawing but it remains essentially a tool. Then there are the exceptions. The Futurist Antonio Sant'Elia was one. His drawings for the Citta Nuova (1912-14) symbolise the power of technological progress and the speed of urban advancement. Similarly, in the 1960s, Archigram in London and Superstudio in Florence evoked improbable urban futures through a series of speculative drawings. It is to this group of architectural visionaries and dissidents that Jan Kaplicky belongs.