Terra Nova
Lebbeus Woods1988
REAL DMZ PROJECT
Seoul, South Korea
The proposal of Lebbeus Woods addresses the impact of war not only on human social structures but also on the land. Woods proposes a new ecological utopia, Terra Nova, a single continuous mega- structure that accommodates interactions between humanity and the natural environment. Impressed with the topography of the Demilitarized Zone, its wealth of lush mountains and valleys, Woods projects a utopian idea, a city covered with metal sheets providing warm, protective shelter for all inhabitants. Terra Nova is a city that transcends time, “a city of reformation” that may one day become a new, fertile Earth kept in reserve for future generations.
- Title: Terra Nova
- Creator: Lebbeus Woods
- Date Created: 1988
- Type: Print
- Medium: Digital print
- 작가 정보: Lebbeus Woods (b. 1940, Lansing) was an American architect and theorist. Educated at Purdue University and University of Illinois, he worked in the offices of Eero Saarinen & Associates and Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo & Associates. Woods co-founded The Research Institute for Experimental Architecture and taught at The Cooper Union, Harvard University, Penn State University, Columbia University, and the Pratt Institute, among others. His intricate architectural drawings, renderings, and models are in private and public collections, including MoMA, The Whitney Museum of Art, SFMoMA, The Getty Research Institute for the Arts and Humanities, and MAK Wien. Woods has received the Progressive Architecture Award for Design Research, the Institute Honor of the American Academy of Architects, Daimler-Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design, and the Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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