Prototropic 0.1: Honolulu and Rio

House is a Decorated Shack | Prototropic 0.1 / Dimitri Damiel Kim
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WOODSTOCK FOR
MODERNITY
DIMITRI DAMIEL KIM
“Agreeing that the whole
matter is surrounded by
conditions over which
few of us have any
control, certainly we can
develop a point of view
and do some organized
thinking, which might
come to a practical end” †
The original program for the ‘Case Study House’
(1945-1966) 1 , organized by the Art and Architecture
magazine, was perhaps a single most important
intervention that attributed to experimentation
and realization of some of the 20th century’s
treasured modernist architecture and architecture
of housing. While this event/phenomenon is
considered an exception within the history of
modern and American architecture, CSH program
has never-the-less, became a highly influential,
educational model for design and research of
contemporary architecture. >
†. Case Study House Program, John Entenza, Art & Architecture 1949
1. Out of 36 deigns that were proposed from the program, 26 were built,
including Stahl House (pictured right), Eame’s House, and Chuey House