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SllJimming to Suburbia
So m e Th 0 ugh t s o n t he New Cily lind How It [lime
t o Be Th ill llI a !j .
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INTR
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N TO
THE
FOR
UM
The
prim
ary
purp
ose
of th
e Fo
rum
is 1
0
prov
ide
a fra
mew
ork
in wh
ich d
esig
n pr
ofes
sIOna
ls an
d m
embe
rs o
f the
pub
lic
can
expl
ore
and
eval
uate
the
arch
itec
ture
and
urb
an s
truct
ure
of th
e Lo
s An
gele
s ar
ea.
The
Foru
m s
eeks
to
prom
ote
and
coor
din a
te s
chol
arly
rese
arch
, pla
nnin
g st
udie
s, a
rtist
ic
Des
ign
111 L
os A
ngel
es k
l be
pubj
lshed
bH
nont
ll'y T
he F
orum
has
Inco
rpor
ated
as
a n
oo-p
ro!it
pubU
c ben
efit
corp
orat
ion
devo
ted
pnm
arily
to e
duca
llona
l pu
rpos
es. W
e ar
e se
e!<Jn
g to
obt
am
Fede
ral a
nd S
late
tax
exem
ptio
ns a
nd to
be
rlKX
lgnrz
ed a
s a
Publ
ic eh
a rity
by
the
IRS
MEM
BERS
HIP
Mem
bers
hip
in th
e Fo
rum
is o
pen
to a
ny in
tere
sted
indi
vidu
al. T
he $
35 a
nnua
l fe
e en
title
s m
embe
rs to
free
adm
issi
on to
For
um e
vent
s. to
rec
eive
the
bi
mon
thly
new
slet
ter.
and
to p
urch
ase
othe
r For
um p
ublic
atio
ns a
t red
uced
rat
es
Mem
bers
are
enc
oura
ged
to p
artic
ipat
e in
pla
nnin
g Fo
rum
act
iviti
es. P
leas
e
chec
k th
e ap
prop
riate
cat
egor
y be
low
if in
tere
sted
.
Nam
e:
activ
ities,
and
oth
er e
ndea
vors
whi
ch ca
n A
ddre
ss:
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affe
ct a
nd Im
prov
e th
e bu
ilten
vlro
nmen
l k1
1988
. we
II1ten
d to
coo
rdin
ate
and
We
seek
to d
issem
inat
e th
e re
sults
01
thes
e ac
tiviti
es to
a la
rger
pub
jic an
d 10
enco
urag
e in
form
ed e
valu
atio
ns o
f the
ph
ysica
l env
ironm
ent o
f the
city
. Thr
ough
ou
r pro
gram
s. w
e ho
pe 1
0 pr
omot
e th
e es
tabl
ishm
ent o
f an
info
rmed
com
mun
ity
of c
once
rned
pro
fess
iona
ls an
d m
embe
rs o
f the
gen
eral
pub
lic a
nd to
prov
ide
that
com
mun
ity w
ith a
vehi
cle fo
r di
ssem
inat
ion
of in
form
ation
to th
e pu
bClC
at la
rge.
In its
firs
t six
mon
ths
of e
xiste
nce.
the
Foru
m s
pons
ored
two
high
ly su
cces
sful
e an
<! di
scus
sion
serie
s. M
ater
ia:
7~:ec a!
:hes
e an
d fu
ture
eve
nts
Vi
'E O
ilS;S
lor a
serie
s of
publical
lo~s
oevo
tea
to A
rchi
tect
ure
and
Urba
n
part
cLy
supp
on a
serie
s of
stu
dies
and
prop
osa!
s on
pub
bc s
pace
, tra
nspo
na
bon.
blJ'
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type
s. a
nd s
treet
pat
tern
s In
Los
Ange
les
We
hope
to o
btai
n fu
nding
lo
r t'le
se re
sear
ch p
roje
cts
from
Fed
eral
an
d St
ate
orga
niza
tions
, to
deve
lop
them
in
COI
IJUnc
ton w
ith th
e Fo
rum
's ea
hngs
, and
to p
rese
nt th
em to
a w
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pubo
o th
roug
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mpo
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exh
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, and
pu
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L .II."s streets and auenues are stitched together from a monic of discrete clt!J grids which ere dlscontinuousl!J linked b!J dlslotlltlons, swerulng aKes and polar rotations. These grids open ulstas, freme trlulalltles and reueal anomalies. It Is e system of eltertlltlons end Inconsistencies - of thoughtless breadth end pregmatlc entlclpatlon which has bred, albeit tIIrelessl!J, the culture of cruising. hatchbec:ks and conuenlence corners which eKempllf!J the present ulslon of the future clt!J.
In short, the city grid Is the medium from which all other media
emanllte. People do things with It:
they plan eHcurslons and funerals,
meditations lind trysts, with the
abandon of an action pflinter. The
city Is perhflps less fin flrtlfflct
thfln fI beneuolent fluH In Which to
pursue indiuidufll destinies. Yet It
seems thflt our flbility to under
stand find modify urbfln destiny
hfls in both theory find practice
been hopelessly mired in the
trflmped spflce of our most ele
mentflry perceptions. In other
words, giuen the uniuerse of
energy find Its corollflry mlltter,
we fire only able to measure find
perceiue the "physicfll" world, and
consequently hllue deueloped
systems of archltecturlll "order"
reillted to the IIblllty of ullrlous
urbfln Objects, buildings find so on
to reflect light. Becfluse of this
flHfltion, the plflnnlng of most
cities is still at the toy block
stflge, While much of the rest
of the world hfls dlscouered
electricity.
We generfllly see wfllls lind roofs flS shflping our cities, but there fire
those of us who are frustrllted by
the limits of construction and its
control of mflking find memory, lind
there fire others who recognize
the inconuenient weight find the permflnence of stone flS fI naturfll
way to dominflte the culture as II
whole. I would propose thflt our
idefl that the stone image confers
Stfltus by Its simple eHistence must
be re-eHflmined in light of the relfltiue effort required for its
refllizfltion.
Imflgine, for fI moment, the pon
derous tflsk of coordinfltion In the
times when euen bflsic size find
shflpe could only be communicated
with difficulty. A world Iflcklng
FAH find stah, limited to messen
gers toting papyrus rolls In bOflts
up the Nile, could hflrdly be blamed
for the rigid geometry which cflme
to signify clulllzation. That
geometry was a useful tool. It got
things done, enabling legions of
people to work on a single product, euen a simple, elemental one:
there was fI necessllry symbiosis
between the monolithic communi
cations network and the task at
hllnd. So It comes as no surprise
to find the design for the network
Itself carefully Incised Into the
rock, In effect memorifllizing the
"chain of command" which may
hllue been the real inuentlon of
such II culture. Thus the definition
of power and rllnk came to reflect
the rigidity of the medium In which
early clulllzlltions worked !Imag
Ine the consequences of People
Magazine in stone), with the
resulting geometry Inferring a like
status fit some future time.
By the late Middle Ages, the
routines lind sub-routines of city
building inherited from the Aomllns
had become the structure by
Which urban life was eualuated. The medieual city became II
familiar IIrtifact, so much so that
Giollo's toy-like depiction of
formerly monumentfll edifices as
tilted, colored, euen charming
obJects-at-pIIlY defies their StlltUS, reducing them to the
engaging companions to urban life
that they had become. Buildings
themselues becflme entertaining
pleasure object~, as plentiful liS
Wlllkmen; they made you feel
gOOd, dressed up your life, lind
prouided II defined conteHt In
which you could relate to others.
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Los Rngeles Is frustrllting beclluse
the wllys In which we hllue studied cities In the PIISt - IInll
Iyzlng their solids lind uolds, their bumps lind ulllleys - Is no more
releullnt todll!J thlln lire the fingers of phrenology which IIttempt to "sclentificlllly" plumb
neurologiclIl depths by describing
the surfllces of the sleull. This Is beclluse cities hllue become liS
QUllsl-electronlc liS the brllins they house. Rny IInlllysis must IIddress this rellllty. Rs Keith
Jllrrett hilS remllrleed: "There's electricity In 1111 of usl"
Slmllllrly, If Los Rngeles Is reduced to II Noill mllp, It seems 0plIQue
lind uninspired when compllred to
Its [uropelln cousins . Yet we must remember thitt the func
lIonlll shllpe of the new city Is best described by the flUH of Its electronic networle. The city Is mllde up of ullrlegllted, constllntly
chlln glng rh yt hm s of b 0 ole ing s, orders, trllnsllctlons lind contllcts too rich In Informlltlon to be
sUbjected to holistic IInlllysis. The "sleull" of the modern city cllnnot be cleuerly sliced for dlllgnosis
lind cure: It Is lin entity requiring the sophlstlclltlon of II brllin-sclln
rllther thlln the mlnlstrlltlons of II trlple-O pen. Los Rngeles Is II hologrllphlc city.
Let me glue lin eHllmple of the
Impllclltions of such lin IInlllysls
by compllrlng three muslclIl compositions: II Gregorilln chllnt, the [rolclI Symphony, lind composer Terry Riley'S "In 'C'."
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In the chllnt, we lire offered II
ulsion of unllnimlty: II single melodic line thicle with uoices of
euery timbre, without so much liS II rhythmic defection, reflects the QUlliity of MedleulIl IIgrllrllln
society.
In the music of 8eethouen II mllrleed tension Is IIppllrent liS
themes lind sub-plots ule for IIttentlon, yet the Whole Is clellrly domlnllted by II single powerfulldell - much, It would
seem, "lee the Renlllssllnce city .
Flnlllly , In the worle of Terry Riley , ellch of II series 0 f th ree
lind four-note phrllses Is pillyed liS often liS ellch member of the
ensemble chooses, producing II slowly euolulng field of hllrmonlc
euents often chllrllcterlzed liS non-music. In fllCt, liS Is the
cllse In II hologrllphlc Imllge, the reilltionship of ellch unit of the piece to the whole Is IIbsolutely typiclIl. [llch moment Is th'e
whole lit the slime sCllle, euen , though the, whole Is IIrticulllted
In Its pllrts .
I belleue thllt los Rngeles hilS the QUllllties of the Riley piece.
Here , II grllb-bllg of style, conuenrence lind opportunity surrounds ellch IndluldulIl lllee II microcosm of the whole city , offering short-rllnge choice from
tllcley to flllmboYllnt, cllterlng to
lifestyles from monlelsh to rllfflsh, crelltlng opportunities euen II chllmplon self-stylist
could neuer eHhllusl.
[onsum p tilJe, com pe tltIlJe, lind crenUue, the mythic nuenues of this city, lined with frees of nil species nnd I:lIleldoscoplc homes, hllue II logic born of the Indluld
UIII. One mlln's fllntllsy Is IInother's rlllliity In n clnsh of IIduertlsements, decor, wide screens lind IIrchltecturlll brnundo which flicl:ers preposterously
ilion g tree-lined IIU enues with nil
the glludlness of screen gems.
Or do they1 Isn't this cllpsule re
crention of erns long gone, tnl:en ns II whole, n differentinted style
unto itself1 Isn't It II distinctly post-modern IUHury to dwell In the midst of shnm relliity where the only consensus Is In dluerslty1 Are Trigger's hoof prints
Just nnother hleroglyphlc1 At th e_[ hlnese_Then t er1
Los Angeles is n city committed to
Imnges, but nelJer to sources. An nduertlsement shows the bull: of
the new Beuerly [enter ns the ch npenu on n dressed-to -I:ill model. A Illter lid shows It in
stellmbollt drllg, complete with StIlCI:S. A few miles nWlly n IlIndlocl:ed nineteen-thirties [oca [oln bottling plant renders the stenmboat in stucco. A snucershaped restaurant rotating atop a
seuerely modern office slab bills Itself as n crenellated IIntlque. A
serious downtown hotel tnl:es "Things to [orne" too seriously, with comic results. A gigantic Man on Horsebacl: lights II cigllrette at the focus of n long aHls while
multi-million dollar homes 1001: on.
Who's I:iddlng whom1 Are the inhabitants of this place simply
scenographic
gullible? Or are they nhle to roUJ
merrily through this shipUJreclc of
Icons ns though It UJere n Sunday
cruise? [uery UJeelcend nbnn
doned corner lots In uacnnt
corners of cities-UJithln-the-city
UJith nnmes lilce [ngle Roclc,
Rlhnmbrn nnd Rrcndla are blasted
by the glnnt lights nnd motor
generntors of mobile furniture
shoUJrooms. Without the benefit
of so much ns n tent, UJlth NCR's snfely In the truclc, nnd UJhile soft
sculpture surrounds them on the
crumbling nsphalt, the omnipres
ent Unlley houseUJlfes solemnly
confer UJith their designer
counterpnrts. They nre nfrald It UJon't go UJlth their UJall hanging.
The color Is UJrong. The color is
money. Surely the creUJ of the
Dlscouery could not hnue felt
more Incongruous hnd they
uncouered a grandfather cloclc rnther thnn n blaclc monolith in
thnt pit on the moon.
If one auoids freeUJays, UJhich
promise reassurance in the form
of n gunrnnteed destination, the surface of this planet l.R. is
endlessly reUJarding. It is an
en cycloped in of min i-g n rde n san r1
b n re I y t h ro It led po UJ e r bon t s. It
is lilce stepping off the Rue
Montparnasse to eHplore the bnclc nlleys of Pnris. No matter
thnt Melrose Auenue is 120 feet
UJ.lde, that it seems to carry more
traffic than the nutobahn, it is an
nlley nonetheless, and the
pattern of freeUJays nnd street grids is topologically, emotionally,
nnd urbanistically BeauH-Arts. No
UJonder Banham loued them.
FreeUJays focus traffic as if they
UJere lenses, beaming the cars
directly to the neHt interchange,
blitzing the nHls UJlth n mega
dose of cnr-energy so Intense It
ouerUJhelms. Whnt UJould loom as
opportunities In the landscape of lesser cities - sites chnrged UJlth n
uleUJ, perhaps a prominent bend, a
ulsta - here are flung nt the
passing tide In n uolley of UJords
and images UJhlch ricochet from
billboard to billboard, dazzling UJlth a ulsual raclcet as uiolent as
a Prohibition shoot-out.
1 Question the fact that nobody
"eHplolts" those locntlons. Why
do so feUJ buildings address the
shifts In aHls UJhlch mnrlc sub
diuislons long since anneHed? Rnd
then I remember that there nre
cars in front and behind. There Is
n blonde In that one, the radio Is
on, and in the distance a string of cobra-lilce lamps stretches IIlce a
uell ouer a parade of billboards.
And the carphone Is In my ear.
In fac t, unless there Is som e particular fiwed asset out there
Iilee oil - which must be consumed
on the uery spot, euery bl'lcleYllrd
Is eWllctly eQulI1 to euery other
bllcleyard. And it Is the producer
sunning blJ the pool , surrounded
by telephones lind bileinl'd cuties
of either sew , who mlllees 1111 the
dellis .
The mllgnlficent iml'lges of cities
designed to emull'lte , lind euen mllgnlfy, the mllnlfold processes
of industry I'Ind culture lind crime
I'Ind Indulgence I'Ire not unlilee
Gl'linsborough's pllintings . They
trl'lnQuillze, mystify , lind roml'ln
ticize the uitlliity of lin liS of yet
uncongel'lled city which could be
getting you off.
In this contewt, phlJsiclIl ml'lnlpu
Il'Itlon of the gross city fllbric
seems superfluous I'It best. Presumptuous lind potentillily
dllmllging, cosmetic IIduentures
lilee the Bunleer Hill ewerci se seem
destined to I'Ippellr, Iilee tidied - up
office lobbies, whereuer deuelop
ers hllue 1'1 stlllee.
It might instelld be more melln
ingful to IIddress the wily dislo
clltions lind distortions of the
bllsic city fllbric cl'ln I'Iccommo
dllte eccentricities Iilee the Blue Whllie or the Brown [ow . Or one
might consider how the messl'lgebeeper, phone bl'lnles I'Ind ewpress
mllil hllUI! IIlrelldy crellted II
clJbernetic city . One might asle
how chain stores can be giuen significant roles which ewploit
their cumulatiue importance .
Los Angeles has already euolued
a unique tewture in Which these
elements are the principal
determinants . We are I'IlreadlJ
the beneficiaries of 1'1 metll - urban
stllte which offers proof - positiue
thl'lt scenogrl'lphy lind urbl'ln
function lire no longer mutul'IlllJ
ewclusiue . This condition suggests
thllt uncoupling the diagram from
the ewperience ml'ly be the
catalyst which ewpllnds our
definition of urban form to
Include ewplicitly scenographic
in ten t : we c II n c re II t e "1'1 goo d
shot."
The drellm ellch of us drellm s is
the locus of ellch indiuidul'll,
heating and cooling whole dis
tricts in 1'1 dynamic, sensory,
alwllYs interactiue ewperience linleed to the fluid nllture of the
city itself. As designers, the
I'Irchitectural project which faces
us is to disassocillte ourselues
from the flwlltion on buildings lind
to Instelld loole in the rellruiew mirror.
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Themes no less than 'Earth' , "Air", 'Fire', and 'Water' will be the Forum's topics for investigation in a series of events entitled ·Suggestive Spaces" to be held this Spring. The cosmic elements will be transposed into the local vernacular via a range of discussions and tours that will
~ "Unveiling the Sky",
explore the fundamental structures of Los Angeles. Each event will take place in a space evocative of the topic to be discussed , so please note the change in location from meeting to meeting. Events are free for members, $7.50 for nonmembers.
a discussion of the function, role, and place of tall buildings in Los Angeles with Richard Keating (Design Partner, S.D.M.), Seo" Johnson (Design Partner, Pereira Associates), Mike Davis (Professor of Urban Geography, UCLA), and Thom Mayne (Partner, Morphosis; Professor,SCI-ARC). Tower Reception Room, Los Angeles City Hall, 200 N. Spnng SI. Monday, January 25, 7:30 p.m.
~ Tour of Sylmar Aqueduct Al lratlon Plant and a discussion (tentatively scheduled) with Bill Morrish, Professor of Architecture at USC, whose investigations of the L.A. water system were published in Issue #16 of Modulus Saturday, March 26, 1:00 p.m.
ruI Discussion of the Los Angeles landscape with Pamela Burton, landscape architect with Burton and Spitz April 23, time and place t.b.a.
~ Tour of Union Oil Refinery, Wilmington. Limited number of places available. Call 389-6730 for information and reservations. Time and place t.b.a.
THEORY TOWARDS ARCHITECTURE
The SCI-ARC Reading Group will meet biweekly to discuss the application of particular theories and modes of thinking to architecture. Occasional guest speakers will be invited to discuss both their own work and interpretations of the relationship between theory and architecture.
Schedule (Tentative)
Meetings wfll be held Monday evenings at 7 p.m. at SCI-ARC. The cost is $20 for Forum members and SCI- ARC faculty and staff. $30 for nonmembers, and $10 for students. Call Ann Bergrin (213-B21-3494) or Aaron Betsky {213-93B-6826j for more information.
E:J Discussion with Mark Wigley: "Derrlda". Monday, January lB.
IE:J Text: "Plato's Pharmakon", by Jacques Derrida. Monday, February 1.
~ Text: "Thinking", by Hannah Arendt. Monday, February 15.
~ Selected texts by Svetlana Alpers, Donald Preziozl, Norman Bryson. Monday, February 29.
EJ Text: The Order of Things, by Michel Foucault. Monday, March 14.
[J Discussion with Cornel West: "Post-Moderni sm" Monday, March 2B.
B:! Selected texts by Anthony Vidler. Monday, April 11.