Mark Wigley
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Mark Antony Wigley is a New Zealand
-born architect, author, and (since 2004) Dean of Columbia University's
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
, New York
, United States
.
, New Zealand. Mike Austin was his doctoral supervisor. Wigley left Auckland
in 1986 and taught at Princeton University
, from 1987 to 1999, serving also as the director of Graduate Studies at Princeton’s School of Architecture.
In 1988, Wigley co-curated with Philip Johnson
the MoMA
exhibition Deconstructivist Architecture. The exhibition featured the works of seven architects, who were already well-known at the time for a style of architecture that involved in various ways "deconstructing" conventional notions of architectural convention: Frank Gehry
, Zaha Hadid
, Peter Eisenman
, Daniel Libeskind
, Bernard Tschumi
, Rem Koolhaas
and Coop Himmelb(l)au
. The curators linked the works to the philosophical notion of Deconstruction
, as espoused by French philosopher Jacques Derrida
, as well as the art-architectural historical precedent of Russian constructivism, and several works from this period were displayed in the exhibition. However, of the architects only Eisenman and Tschumi acknowledged the connection to Derrida and only Hadid to Constructivism.
together with Rem Koolhaas
and Ole Bouman. A collaborative project by Archis
(Amsterdam), AMO
Rotterdam and C-lab (Columbia University
NY), Volume Magazine
is an experimental think tank
focusing on the process of spatial and cultural reflexivity
. The magazine aims to explore "beyond architecture’s definition of 'making buildings'" by presenting global views on architecture and design, broader attitudes to social structures and created environments; and embodies progressive journalism.
Created and founded in collaboration with Brett Steele the Institute of Failure; essentially an academic institution for the instruction and theory of failure (as opposed to success).
Institute for Architecture and Urbanism, 1989; International Committee of Architectural Critics
(C.I.C.A.) Triennial Award for Architectural Criticism, 1990; and the Graham Foundation Grant, 1997.
New Zealand
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-born architect, author, and (since 2004) Dean of Columbia University's
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in New York City, also known simply as GSAPP, is regarded as one of the most important and prestigious architecture schools in the world...
, New York
New York
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, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Life
Wigley received both his Bachelor of Architecture (1979) and Ph.D. (1987) from the University of AucklandUniversity of Auckland
The University of Auckland is a university located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in the country and the highest ranked in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, having been ranked worldwide...
, New Zealand. Mike Austin was his doctoral supervisor. Wigley left Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
in 1986 and taught at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, from 1987 to 1999, serving also as the director of Graduate Studies at Princeton’s School of Architecture.
In 1988, Wigley co-curated with Philip Johnson
Philip Johnson
Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an influential American architect.In 1930, he founded the Department of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and later , as a trustee, he was awarded an American Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the first Pritzker Architecture...
the MoMA
Moma
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exhibition Deconstructivist Architecture. The exhibition featured the works of seven architects, who were already well-known at the time for a style of architecture that involved in various ways "deconstructing" conventional notions of architectural convention: Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry, is a Canadian American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles, California.His buildings, including his private residence, have become tourist attractions...
, Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid, CBE is an Iraqi-British architect.-Life and career:Hadid was born in 1950 in Baghdad, Iraq. She received a degree in mathematics from the American University of Beirut before moving to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.After graduating she worked...
, Peter Eisenman
Peter Eisenman
Peter Eisenman is an American architect. Eisenman's professional work is often referred to as formalist, deconstructive, late avant-garde, late or high modernist, etc...
, Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind, is an American architect, artist, and set designer of Polish-Jewish descent. Libeskind founded Studio Daniel Libeskind in 1989 with his wife, Nina, and is its principal design architect...
, Bernard Tschumi
Bernard Tschumi
Bernard Tschumi is an architect, writer, and educator, commonly associated with deconstructivism. Born of French and Swiss parentage, he works and lives in New York and Paris. He studied in Paris and at ETH in Zurich, where he received his degree in architecture in 1969...
, Rem Koolhaas
Rem Koolhaas
Remment Lucas Koolhaas is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and "Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design" at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, USA. Koolhaas studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam, at the Architectural...
and Coop Himmelb(l)au
Coop Himmelb(l)au
Coop Himmelbau is a cooperative architectural design firm primarily located in Vienna, Austria and which now also maintains offices in Los Angeles, United States and Guadalajara, Mexico...
. The curators linked the works to the philosophical notion of Deconstruction
Deconstruction
Deconstruction is a term introduced by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in his 1967 book Of Grammatology. Although he carefully avoided defining the term directly, he sought to apply Martin Heidegger's concept of Destruktion or Abbau, to textual reading...
, as espoused by French philosopher Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher, born in French Algeria. He developed the critical theory known as deconstruction and his work has been labeled as post-structuralism and associated with postmodern philosophy...
, as well as the art-architectural historical precedent of Russian constructivism, and several works from this period were displayed in the exhibition. However, of the architects only Eisenman and Tschumi acknowledged the connection to Derrida and only Hadid to Constructivism.
Volume Magazine
In 2005, Wigley founded Volume MagazineVolume Magazine
Volume Magazine is a quarterly international magazine published in Amsterdam.Volume Magazine is a project by Archis , AMO and C-Lab...
together with Rem Koolhaas
Rem Koolhaas
Remment Lucas Koolhaas is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and "Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design" at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, USA. Koolhaas studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam, at the Architectural...
and Ole Bouman. A collaborative project by Archis
Archis
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(Amsterdam), AMO
AMO
-Places:*Amo, Brunei, a province in Temburong District*Amo, Indiana, United States, a town in Hendricks County*Amo Township, Cottonwood County, Minnesota-People known by the single name:*Adam Morrison or Amo , American professional basketball player...
Rotterdam and C-lab (Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
NY), Volume Magazine
Volume Magazine
Volume Magazine is a quarterly international magazine published in Amsterdam.Volume Magazine is a project by Archis , AMO and C-Lab...
is an experimental think tank
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
focusing on the process of spatial and cultural reflexivity
Reflexivity (social theory)
Reflexivity refers to circular relationships between cause and effect. A reflexive relationship is bidirectional with both the cause and the effect affecting one another in a situation that does not render both functions causes and effects...
. The magazine aims to explore "beyond architecture’s definition of 'making buildings'" by presenting global views on architecture and design, broader attitudes to social structures and created environments; and embodies progressive journalism.
Created and founded in collaboration with Brett Steele the Institute of Failure; essentially an academic institution for the instruction and theory of failure (as opposed to success).
Awards
Wigley was awarded the Resident Fellowship, ChicagoChicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
Institute for Architecture and Urbanism, 1989; International Committee of Architectural Critics
International Committee of Architectural Critics
The International Committee of Architectural Critics is a non-profit organization of international architecture critics, and was founded in Mexico City on October 26, 1978, during the 13th World Kongress of the Union internationale des architectes . The CICA is headquartered nearby the UIA in Paris...
(C.I.C.A.) Triennial Award for Architectural Criticism, 1990; and the Graham Foundation Grant, 1997.
Selection of writings
- "The Activist Drawing: Situationist Architectures From Constant's New Babylon to Beyond" (2001).
- Constant's New Babylon: The Hyper-Architecture of Desire, Rotterdam, 010 Publishers, 1998.
- White walls, Designer Dresses: The fashioning of modern architecture, Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1995.
- The Architecture of Deconstruction: Derrida’s Haunt, Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1993.
- (with Philip Johnson) Deconstructivist Architecture, MoMA, New York, Little, Brown/New York Graphic Society Books, 1988.
- (edited with Catherine deZegher and Catherine de Zegher) The Activist Drawing: Retracing Situationist Architectures from Constant's New Babylon to Beyond, Cambridge, Mass, MIT Press, 2001.