AN UNFINISHED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCALE FIGURES WITHOUT ARCHITECTURE

Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample, and MOS present their rich findings on the human presence in architectural drawings not in any chro nological or other linear order, but based on the convention of the encyclopedia, thus presenting (and perhaps deliberately condonin g) surprise encounters made possible by the contingency created by alphabetical order..... From the contemporary perspective of a pl uralistic world, the form of the encyclopedia may be particularly apt to represent such a vast body of material as is presented here : defyin...[Read more]