Mapping Studies of Las Vegas
by Jose Gamez
This project re-visits the
seminal work Learning from Las Vegas: the Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural
Form, written by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour
(1972, 1977). The primary goal of this project has been to recreate, update,
and add to the maps and diagrams found within Learning from Las Vegas
in order to better understand the changes facing the contemporary postmodern
city. The project, like that of Venturi et al, has been a studio and student-based
research initiative. With funding from the Office of the Provost for Research
at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Jose
Gamez ( jlgamez@email.uncc.edu ) and a group of graduate students performed a series of investigations
that resulted in a collection of 26 documents illustrating changes in
the local urban landscape following the publication of Learning from
Las Vegas (Research and Design Studio, fall 2000). This research now
forms the basis for a forthcoming book to be published by the University
of Nevada Press.
Spring 2002 will see a new
group of research assistants working collaboratively with Susan Snyder
and a group of students from the University of Pennsylvania. This collaborative
effort will be a continuation of the previous work.
Samples: Schedule -- Map
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