{"id":354,"date":"2013-09-16T18:56:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T18:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jmassey.expressions.syr.edu\/organicism\/?p=354"},"modified":"2013-09-16T18:56:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T18:56:18","slug":"torre-david","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmassey.expressions.syr.edu\/organicism\/2013\/09\/16\/torre-david\/","title":{"rendered":"Torre David"},"content":{"rendered":"

Torre David<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

Torre David in Caracas, Venezuela exemplifies socially organic architecture in its non-descriptive form of human occupation. \u00a0Opposite of this occurrence is the Modernist approach of social housing through formal organicism. \u00a0While a settlement such as Toulouse le Mirail by Candilis-Josic-Woods conforms human settlement to their utopian idealism and social organicism based off of the biomimetic “stem,” Torre David is an instance where informal occupation is characterized on an individual basis, tailored to the needs of the inhabitant. \u00a0Aesthetically, Torre David stands as proof of individual tastes as various occupations produce unlikely spacial configurations in a wide variety of color palettes. \u00a0To quote Urban-Think-Tank; “When the modern city does not adapt to the people, the people will adapt to the city.”<\/p>\n

Max Harden<\/em><\/p>\n

RESEARCH RESOURCES<\/b><\/p>\n

Fry, Adam. “Torre David: vertical slum? | Pulsamerica: Impartial, Direct, Independent | The Impartial Latin American News Link.” Pulsamerica: Latin American News, Politics and Economics . http:\/\/www.pulsamerica.co.uk\/2012\/10\/25\/torre-david-vertical-slum\/ (accessed September 16, 2013)<\/p>\n

Adam Fry gives an introduction into the irony of the informal community occupied within the physical framework of a failed economic system.\u00a0 This article also begins to explain the organizational patterns and roles taken on by the community inhabitants.<\/p>\n

Torre David Trailer<\/i>. 2012. http:\/\/vimeo.com\/49094660<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The video Trailer to \u201cTorre David,\u201d by Urban Think Tank, presents an insider look into the informal configurations within this vertical community.\u00a0 Evident in this video are different programmable uses and individual patterns of habitation.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Torre David Torre David in Caracas, Venezuela exemplifies socially organic architecture in its non-descriptive form of human occupation. \u00a0Opposite of this occurrence is the Modernist approach of social housing through formal organicism. \u00a0While a settlement such as Toulouse le Mirail by Candilis-Josic-Woods conforms human settlement to their utopian idealism and social organicism based off of<\/p>\n