Summerson, Tschumi, and Koolhaas Program

Comparison of Summerson, Tschumi, and Koolhaas Program

Tschumi Architecture is not simply about space and form, but also about event, action, and what happens in space. (Tschumi 12) The Manhattan Transcripts differ from most architectural drawings insofar as they are neither real projects nor mere fantasies. Developed in the late '70s, they proposed to transcribe an architectural understanding of reality. To this aim, they employed a particular structure involving photographs that either direct or "witness" events (some would call them "functions," others "programs"). At the same time, designs, parts, and design drawings summarize spaces and show the movements ...