Shall I project a world?

Sophie Calle, detail of Target 3, 2001

Haus-Rucker-Co

Marjolein Blom

Superstudio (Adolfo Natalini, Cristiano Toraldo di Francia, Alessandro and Roberto Magris and Piero Frassinelli)

The Continuous Monument, An Architectural Model For Total Urbanisation, 1969

“…if design is merely an inducement to consume, then we must reject design; if architecture is merely the codifying of bourgeois model of ownership and society, then we must reject architecture; if architecture and town planning is merely the formalization of present unjust social divisions, then we must reject town planning and its cities…until all design activities are aimed towards meeting primary needs. Until then, design must disappear. We can live without architecture…”

The work of Superstudio was highly influential for architects like Zaha Hadid and Rem Koolhaas, who took the style of Superstudio to create exactly what Superstudio stood against: monumental architecture designed to glorify its owners.