rap theory…
“Urbanism in the House” - (cover designed by Åbäke)
“Urbanism in the House”…Order it online at Stupido.
Lesson / Koan : Very few buildings sing for the public…too many buildings sing solely for the architect.
A video below with music and narration made for the NEWLY DRAWN exhibition. It’s a double track affair combining “the history of urban planning in 2 minutes and 33 seconds set to music” in the form of U = Utopia and the low carbon club anthem More = Less, based on NOW office’s work for Low2No / Sitra on sustainable urbanism.
BTW,
Tuomas Toivonen is a Helsinki-based architect, performer and musician. Whether constructing analog monoliths in a club setting or giving musical lectures in art galleries, his musical work investigates the structural, suggestive and communicational potential of music, voice and text. The lyrics are compact observations and analyses, and read like spoken diagrams, narrative perspectives, or musical manifestos.
Tuomas Toivonen @ SNOWBALL Architecture - presentations | Helsinki, Feb12 2010
NOTE :
Tuomas Toivonen should be invited to architecture schools around the globe. On many levels his practice, theories & collaborations are a model for designers concerned with spaceship earth.
NOW is a Helsinki-based practice operating in the joint fields of architecture, urbanism, strategy, design and communication. The scale and scope of the work extends from city to object, from strategy to detail.
Meredith is discussing. 
Meredith 10:51 am on November 17, 2010 Permalink |
I saw him perform this live at the Nordic House opening for Common Grounds (they also play the record as part of the exhibition) in NYC a few weeks ago. He also has a song listing names of architects who are “in the house,” displaying his/her photograph while listing the names. While he was singing, the crowd was dancing and laughing. Maybe the biggest crowd of smiling designers to date?