Psychedelic Architecture: Towards a New Allegory

2013-10-28

Hong, John

John Hong, AIA LEED AP, introduces the recent work of his firm SsD through the rubric of ‘Psychedelic Architecture.’ By reflecting on the radical social shifts of the 1960's and early 1970's he draws uncanny parallels with the environmental and cultural changes taking place today. Where Metabolist and Situationist architecture of the '60's offered alternative forms of practice and discourse however, Hong calls for a current and more deeply engaged look at form and allegory (as opposed to form and function), that meets the global challenges of today.

SsD (architectural firm); Metabolism in architecture (Movement); Architecture, Modern--20th century--Themes, motives

School of Architecture Lectures

University of Virginia School of Architecture