One-to-One Scale: Witnessing the Walker Art Center’s Idea Houses I and II (1941-1947)
Drawing on previously unexplored archival material, this research paper examines how the Walker Art Center in Minnesota designed full-scale house models during the 1940s to showcase a new lifestyle to the American public. It argues that visitors to these exhibitions were not passive observers seekin...
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oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article-771552020-11-18T17:28:40Z One-to-One Scale: Witnessing the Walker Art Center’s Idea Houses I and II (1941-1947) Escala 1:1 Las Idea Houses I y II del Walker Art Center (1941-1947) y la formación del visitante-testigo Cristobal Olave, Diana Model home Exhibition Domesticity Witness Empiricism Maqueta Exhibición Domesticidad Testigo Empirismo Drawing on previously unexplored archival material, this research paper examines how the Walker Art Center in Minnesota designed full-scale house models during the 1940s to showcase a new lifestyle to the American public. It argues that visitors to these exhibitions were not passive observers seeking entertainment, but witnesses that provided visual and oral testimony. By insisting on the physical integrity of these models—that is, their functional and mechanical viability—the museum sought to provide empirical evidence for how architecture could play a role in modern lifestyles. A partir de material de archivo previamente inexplorado, este artículo examina cómo durante la década de 1940 el Walker Art Center de Minnesota se sirvió de maquetas domésticas a escala real para mostrar al público estadounidense un nuevo estilo de vida. Se argumenta que el visitante de estas exposiciones no era un observador pasivo que buscara entretenimiento, sino un testigo que proporcionaba evidencias visuales y orales. Al insistir en la integridad física de estos modelos (su viabilidad funcional y mecánica), el museo buscó proporcionar evidencia empírica de cómo la arquitectura podría desempeñar un papel en la creación de estilos de vida modernos. Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2020-10-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Investigación application/pdf application/xml https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/bitacora/article/view/77155 10.22201/fa.14058901p.2020.44.77155 Bitacora Arquitectura; No. 44 (2020): Architectural Exhibitions; 84-99 Bitácora Arquitectura; Núm. 44 (2020): Exposiciones de Arquitectura; 84-99 2594-0856 1405-8901 10.22201/fa.14058901p.2020.44 eng spa https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/bitacora/article/view/77155/68258 https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/bitacora/article/view/77155/68534 Derechos de autor 2020 Bitácora Arquitectura |
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Drawing on previously unexplored archival material, this research paper examines how the Walker Art Center in Minnesota designed full-scale house models during the 1940s to showcase a new lifestyle to the American public. It argues that visitors to these exhibitions were not passive observers seeking entertainment, but witnesses that provided visual and oral testimony. By insisting on the physical integrity of these models—that is, their functional and mechanical viability—the museum sought to provide empirical evidence for how architecture could play a role in modern lifestyles. |
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