Artworks

Las Vegas Studio - Images from the Archives of Robert Venturi und Denise Scott Brown

Learning from Las Vegas, a treatise on architectural theory published in 1972, captivates us primarily through its engaging visual discourse developed during Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s 1968 research and design studio course at Yale. We removed the pictures from their original analytical context and present them as photographic sensations. Our project returns to a point before the theory formation and refers directly to the photographic material itself. Our selection focuses largely on secondary aspects and side products of the research project, without losing sight of the iconic images. It thereby shifts to the forefront previously unknown images. We believe that the true interest in Venturi’s and Scott Brown’s approach to Las Vegas becomes clear precisely in these “unconscious” moments.
“Las Vegas Studio” established a relationship between architectural photography, urbanism, theory and the commercial vernacular. The methodology developed in this project resonates with the contemporary urbanism of Shanghai, allowing for a fruitful and meaningful dialogue across space and time.