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Chora l works : Jacques Derrida and Peter Eisenman / edited by Jeffrey Kipnis and Thomas Leeser.

By: Derrida, Jacques.
Contributor(s): Eisenman, Peter, 1932- | Kipnis, Jeffrey | Leeser, Thomas.
Publisher: New York : Monacelli Press, 1997Description: 207 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 1885254407 (pbk.).Subject(s): Eisenman, Peter, 1932- -- Philosophy | Derrida, Jacques -- Philosophy | Deconstructivism (Architecture) | Whole and parts (Philosophy) | Parc de La Villette (Paris, France)DDC classification: 720.922 Summary: Chora L Works documents the unprecedented collaboration, initiated in 1985, between philosopher Jacques Derrida and architect Peter Eisenman on a project for the Parc de la Villette in Paris. Woven into the volume are discussion transcripts, candid correspondence, and essays, as well as sketches, presentation drawings, and models. Derrida and Eisenman's design process was guided by Plato's chora text from the Timeaus; their unique reciprocal relationship was an interchange - and transformation - of voices.
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Chora L Works documents the unprecedented collaboration, initiated in 1985, between philosopher Jacques Derrida and architect Peter Eisenman on a project for the Parc de la Villette in Paris. Woven into the volume are discussion transcripts, candid correspondence, and essays, as well as sketches, presentation drawings, and models. Derrida and Eisenman's design process was guided by Plato's chora text from the Timeaus; their unique reciprocal relationship was an interchange - and transformation - of voices.