Eisenman reflecting on the independence of the model as an architectural object

Abstract

During the seventies much of Peter Eisenman’s theoretical discourse focused on the conceptualisation of the model as a form of expression of modern architecture. The exhibition ‘Idea as model’ and its catalogue served to confirm the concern sparked by this topic amongst contemporary architects. After several essays and papers he presented his conclusions in the article ‘The Representations of doubt. At the sign of the sign’ published in 1982 in the Italian magazine Rassegna. In the article he defined the dimensional qualities of the model that enable it to become a self-referential architectural object. © 2018, Gangemi Editore. All rights reserved.