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An exhibition in Berlin takes stock of the work of James Wines, focusing on his eclectic mode of green architecture. On view are his drawings of the World Ecology Pavilion designed for Expo \u201992 in Seville, Spain, whose seven ecological strips correlate with the continents, and \u2018Vertiscape\u2019 Parks , one of several designs that contemplate verticality as a foundation of urban sustainability. \u00a9 James Wines<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The American architect-artist James Wines is best known for his sarcastic, acerbic designs that critique consumerism and globalization. But he was also an early and prolific thinker on sustainable building<\/a>, though his humanistic approach contrasts with the field\u2019s development into a somewhat technocratic, homogenizing endeavor.<\/p>\n

On display November 28, 2020\u2013March 7, 2021, an exhibition at the Tchoban Foundation\u2019s Museum for Architectural Drawing<\/a> in Berlin will excavate Wines\u2019s critical notion of sustainability through the lens of drawing, which curator and museum director Nadejda Bartels calls \u201cessential\u2026even nowadays in the digital age.\u201d Encompassing some 60 drawings, James Wines and SITE: Retrospective 1970\u20132020 <\/i>will foreground a theme of context, Bartels adds: \u201cHow can architecture be in harmony with the landscape situation of the site and still remain an artwork on its own?\u201d (SITE<\/a>, the studio Wines founded in 1970, is an acronym for Sculpture in the Environment.)<\/p>\n

Wines is characteristically undeterred by constraints of economics, politics, or even gravity, a conceptual indefatigability that drove designs such as his \u2018Vertiscape\u2019 Parks<\/i>. Similarly, the drawings on display show the primacy of the user in his designs, evincing a humble attention to how and what his environments communicate to the public. \u201cFrom Wines\u2019s drawings we can also see his humor regarding his own projects,\u201d Bartels says, \u201cas if he would recommend not to take oneself too seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n

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