GENATORIUM - BREEDING GROUND FOR THE RISK AVERSE
ADS4: Architecture of Immortality, Tutors - Gerrard O'Carroll, Nicola Koller, Rosy Head and Ollie Alsop
Adam is currently studying in Architectural Design Studio 4 at the Royal College of Art. ADS4 carries out 'critical design' - finding emerging technologies and social trends to create plausible scenarios which present design opportunities which allow for socio-political critique. The emphasis is on designing for how the world behaves - not how it 'should' behave (as is the case in most architectural design). More here .
This year ADS4 has been exploring the concept of IMMORTALITY, speculating on the consequences of a society increasingly in denial of death. Youth, beauty, the media and celebrity fuel our desires, new technologies dazzle us with progress and hope; but in a future of increasing complexity, contradiction and dilemma, how might our desire for immortality manifest? Buying a star, creating a celebrity perfume and setting up a charity in your own name have become normal in the world of legacy creation. What will the architectural consequences be?
Picture: 'Blake's Dilemma' - 3D collage
