CONTENTS
a. CERTIFICATE
b. TABLE OF CONTENTS 3
c. INTRODUCTION 5
AIM 7
METHOD 7
SEQUENCE OF DISSERTATION 9
SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS 9
CHAPTER 1 - INTERDISCIPLINARY MIGRATION OF IDEAS 11
INTO ARCHITECTURE
PRECEDENTS 17
1.1 DE STIJL 21
1.2 PURISM 25
1.3 HAUS WITTGENSTEIN 26
CHAPTER 2 - AI WEIWEI 29
2.1 EARLY LIFE 31
2.2 EVOLUTION OF HIS ART LANGUAGE 32
AND VISION
CHAPTER 3 - ORGANIZATION OF FORMS IN WEIWEI’S ART WORKS 39
3.1 JUXTAPOSITION 41
3.2. RECONFIGURATION 43
3.3 REPETITION 45
3.4 ICONOCLASM 47
CHAPTER 4 - ORGANIZATION OF SPACE / FORM IN WEIWEI’S 49
ARCHITECTURAL WORKS
4.1 CAOCHANGDI VILLAGE 51
4.2 STUDIO-HOUSE 53
4.3 COURTYARD 241 59
4.4 COURTYARD 104 65
4.5 RED BRICK GALLERY 69
4.6 COURTYARD 105 77
CHAPTER 5 - ANALYSIS 81
5.1 JUXTAPOSITION 83
5.2 RECONFIGURATION 87
5.3 REPETITION 93
5.4 ICONOCLASM 97
CONCLUSION 99
Credit 103