Rem Koolhaas and Son Tomas Talk About The Years-Long Process of Shooting “REM”
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ArchDaily had the chance to catch Rem Koolhaas and his son, Tomas Koolhaas, together, when they met for a weekend in Los Angeles. In their first ever interview together, following the release of “REM” online, we spoke with the pair about the documentary that was four years in the making. The film had Tomas following his father from the desert to the ocean to the Venice Biennale, as well as inside several OMA projects around the world, like the Seattle Central Library in America and Maison à Bordeaux in France.
The pair reveal what their father-son relationship is like, how the profession of architecture and filmmaking inform each other, and shine a light on the challenges of filming a well-known family member. Work aside, what came across the most strongly throughout the conversation was the respect they had for each other’s craft, and their gratitude for the chance to work so intimately as father and son.
ArchDaily:I know that it was really hard for media to capture Rem. How did you propose the idea to your fathe
Facebook Twitter Mail Pinterest Whatsapp Or Copy In the canon of great Dutch architects sit a number of renowned practitioners, from Berlage to Van Berkel. Based on influence alone, Rem Koolhaas—the grandson of architect Dirk Roosenburg and son of author and thinker Anton Koolhaas—stands above all others and has, over the course of a career spanning four decades, sought to redefine the role of the architect from a regional autarch to a globally-active shaper of worlds – be they real or imagined. A new film conceived and produced by Tomas Koolhaas, the LA-based son of its eponymous protagonist, attempts to biographically represent the work of OMA by “expos[ing] the human experience of [its] architecture through dynamic film.” No tall order. + 12 Tomas, who has been critical of films about architecture which are “made up of talking-head interviews interspersed [by] static, lifeless shots of empty structures,” suggested in that REM would be “the first documentary to comprehensively explore the human conditions in and around [OMA’s] buildings.”
His restless activity in terms of investigation and theoretical production is precisely what makes Rem Koolhaas stand out from other present-day star architects. His publications have put in the spotlight several notions, as well as the related neologisms, which rapidly reframed the contemporary debate. Published in , Delirious New York “learns” from the American metropolis and provides the author’s very first reflection on the topics of congestion and of “bigness”. He acknowledges both for a project-oriented value: the former allows the coexistence of radically different programs; the latter enhances a productive disconnection between the building’s shell and its interiors, but also between architecture and its context. “Fuck the context” is possibly the most famous and controversial of Rem Koolhaas’s quotes. The writings and the projects of his first two decades of activities are collected in S, M, L, XL, the monumental anthology realised in with OMA and with the Dutch graphic designer Bruce Mau. The essay on The Generic City stands out from the rest of the book. Rem Koolhaas is here suggesting an anti-ideological reading of the s
Approaching his 72nd birthday, Rem Koolhaas is a global star of architecture. He’s the winner of the Pritzker Prize, the “Nobel” of architecture, the Praemium Imperiale, awarded to him by the Japanese emperor in , the Golden Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, as well as Chevalier of the Legion d&#;Honneur in France. He was also director of the Venice Architecture Biennale the year before last, and is the architect behind the remarkable Prada Foundation in Milan, the forthcoming Fondation Galeries Lafayette in the Marais in Paris and the Doha Library in Qatar. The Dutchman is not only idolised in architecture circles but also by intellectuals,, contemporary art enthusiasts and even the cooler-than-thou fashion crowd. I was introduced to Rem Koolhaas in He&#;s one of those people who, after meeting him, leave you with more questions than answers. While his fellow starchite
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Originally from Rotterdam, Rem Koolhaas looks like a monument in real life. He has a large, threadlike silhouette, and a look that is chic, austere and relaxed, which he often completes with a fisherman’s beanie.
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