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visual REsearch/REmix + editorial spaces + architectural pop +
out of scale + notes on notes + soft definitions + bibliographic lab +
about maps + illustration acts + schematic play

Random Architecture Memories

WEB
2016–2022

A curated video archive around a popular, expansive reading of architecture—think both MTV and MIT.

R.A.M. used video as its main format to explore architecture, its representation, memory and potential as a popular concept. Gathering from diverse sources (music videos, TV series, reportages, documentaries, commercials, etc.), R.A.M. functioned as a type of notebook designed on a simple grid layout. Each video entry included footnotes in the form of a collage of quotes that generated internal or external connections, along with tagged and categorized contents, indices for people and buildings, as well as a map of video locations.

Concepts visual REsearch/REmix + editorial spaces + architectural pop + notes on notes + soft definitions
LinksThe most popular video on RAM also marked its spirit: the MTV CRIBS 2002 episode featuring Paulina Rubio at Ricardo Bofill’s La Fábrica. Other popular choices included Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles (dir. Julian Cooper / 1972), Massive Attack’s Protection (dir. Michel Gondry / 1995), and a timelapse of Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window Timelapse by Jeff Desom.