 | In highly charged gatherings such as the one pictured here, the architects who made up Team 10 challenged the orthodoxies of Modernism. The renegade group held their meetings in different European cities. |
"Team 10," the influential architectural group that defied Modernist dogma, is the subject of the first exhibition at the School of Architecture for the 2006-2007 academic year.
Titled "Team 10: A Utopia of the Present," the exhibit will be on display Sept. 5-Oct. 20 in the gallery of the Art & Architecture (A&A) Building, 180 York St.
The multimedia show pays homage to a coterie of Pan-European architects who, challenging the orthodoxies of Modernism in post-war Europe, raised issues of urban design that continue to reverberate in architectural discourse today.
In 1956, several young architects from England, France, the Netherlands and Italy were charged with organizing the 10th meeting of the influential International Congress of Modern Architecture (CIAM), a formal gathering of proponents of Modernism.
Questioning some of the fundamental tenets of Modernist doctrine -- among them, a strict adherence to functionalism, a preference for high-rise buildings, and ideals of a socially and structurally stratified city -- the organizers of the 10th CIAM created a new forum to explore ways to restore a human scale to urban design and to reexamine the role of the architect within society.
Adopting the name "Team 10," the renegade group agreed to meet regularly, each time at a different location. Deliberately informal in tone and organization, the meetings took place in a variety of European cities and towns, from the first in 1960 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France, to the last in 1981 in Lisbon. In their open-ended discussions, the members of Team 10 championed the unique complexity and diversity of the city landscape.
Long marginalized, the work of Team 10 and its core protagonists -- Aldo van Eyck, Alison and Peter Smithson, Giancarlo de Carlo and Shadrach Woods -- is the subject of renewed historical and theoretical interest as architectural discourse turns once again to the intersections of architecture, urbanism, infrastructure, landscape and society.
Drawing on a range of resources and media that includes correspondence, transcripts, tape recordings, photographs, drawings and film, "Team 10: A Utopia of the Present" seeks to capture the intellectually charged gatherings of the pioneering group.
The traveling exhibition, which is the first major show about Team 10, originated at the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam. The Yale School of Architecture is its only North American venue.
In connection with the exhibition, the distinguished writer and critic Kenneth Frampton will deliver a lecture, "Structure, Identity and Existence in the Work of Team 10," at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 18, in the A&A gallery. Frampton, the Ware Professor of Architecture at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture and Planning, is the author of "Modern Architecture: A Critical History," "Studies in Tectonic Culture" and "Labour, Work and Architecture: Collected Essays on Architecture and Design," among many acclaimed works. A reception before the talk will take place at 5 p.m. in the gallery.
A symposium titled "Team 10 Today" will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21. The symposium will examine the legacy of Team 10 as it intersects with contemporary architectural thought and production.
Both the talk and symposium are free and open to the public.
The hours for the A&A Gallery are Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, contact the School of Architecture at (203) 432-2288, or visit the website at www.architecture.yale.edu.
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