The Curse of Storage
The Curse of Storage by Momus
I've been thinking about the parallel between object storage and information storage -- apartments and computers -- ever since visiting an interesting exhibition at London's Barbican last month.
Future City looks at experiment and utopia in architecture over the last 50 years. I was particularly impressed by a quote from Japanese metabolist architect Kiyonori Kikutake. "A Japanese room is determined by information," Kikutake was quoted as saying, "whereas a Western room relies on objects."
I've been thinking about the parallel between object storage and information storage -- apartments and computers -- ever since visiting an interesting exhibition at London's Barbican last month.
Future City looks at experiment and utopia in architecture over the last 50 years. I was particularly impressed by a quote from Japanese metabolist architect Kiyonori Kikutake. "A Japanese room is determined by information," Kikutake was quoted as saying, "whereas a Western room relies on objects."