Avant-Garde as Method: VKhUTEMAS and the Pedagogy of Space, 1920–1930

Authors

  • Anna Bokov Yale University; Harvard Graduate School of Design; Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.68.1799

Keywords:

Vkhutemas, architecture, pedagogy, avant-garde, praxis

Abstract

The book presents a new study on the Soviet Union's Higher Art and Technical Studios, known as Vkhutemas, and their pioneering curriculum that has been a source of inspiration for generations of architects, designers, and artists until the present day. The processes of institutionalizing the avant-garde, integrating architecture and science, teaching and praxis are analyzed. The experimental methodology of the pedagogical process is highlighted.

How to Cite

Bokov, A. (2021). Avant-Garde as Method: VKhUTEMAS and the Pedagogy of Space, 1920–1930. Project Baikal, 18(68), 44–44. https://doi.org/10.51461/projectbaikal.68.1799

Published

2021-08-08

Issue

No. 68 (2021): socialist city

Section

community

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

References

Anna Bokov. Avant-Garde as Method: Vkhutemas and the Pedagogy of Space, 1920–1930. Park Books, Zurich. – 2020. – 624 p.; illustrations. With forewords by Kenneth Frampton and Alexander Lavrentiev.