After introductions by Bart Millar and Neil Denari, Lebbeus Woods discusses consumerism, architecture, creativity and imagination. He reads from Friedrich Nietzsche’s, The Birth of Tragedy. He also cites the scientist and cybernetics investigator, Heinz von Foerster, whose essay, On Constructing a Reality engages ethical and aesthetic imperatives. Woods explains the need for architects to focus on developing a new myth for architecture based on imagination which is creative, experiential and physical. He speaks in detail about his project, Underground Berlin and shows various drawings, maps and gives descriptions. He calls it “an underground city” with “geomechanical forces” which he hopes unite East and West Germany through a historical, pre- Berlin Wall subway tunnel. He states how the center of the earth becomes the new focus instead of the sun which in turn affects electromagnetic power, kinetics, and other factors. Woods explains how drawing enables him to explore architecture.
Lebbeus Woods: Sentricity: the unified urban field (November 30, 1988) Part 1 of 2
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