Surveillance
week 5
Jones, Peter. 1999. “Building the Empire of The Gaze: The Modern Movement and the Surveillance Society.” Architectural Theory Review 4 (2): 1–14.
The Two Sides to this Pane of Glass
The main point of this week’s reading of Peter Jones’ Building the Empire of the Gaze: The Modern Movement and the Surveillance Society, is that the overuse of glass in Modern design equates to an over-visible and overly surveilled society. This excessive use of...
Surveillance Expressed Through The Design Of T4
Reading Summary: In Peter Jones' article, “Building the Empire of The Gaze: The Modern Movement and the Surveillance Society,” he speaks about modernist architects and their ideals surrounding surveillance and visibility within architecture and the Modern Movement....
Under Surveillance
Summary: The article "Building the Empire of The Gaze: The Modern Movement and the Surveillance Society" talks about the connection between the modern movement and the rise of a surveillance society. The article explores the ways in which the modern...
Meracki: Social Transparencies
Part 1 – Summary In “Building the Empire of the Glaze: The Modern Movement and the Surveillance Society.” the author dissects the idea of the surveillance society that erupted during the modernism movement of the early to mid 20th century. By severely decreasing...
Tailored CR: A Great Example of Modernist Architecture
READING SUMMARY: Michel Foucault makes a strong point that as people in society, we are in a state of constant surveillance. Being able to see others but not be seen or to be seen by everyone if chosen, has always been associated with power. Along with...
See and Be Seen, the transparency of the architecture.
In the article "Building the Empire of The Gaze: The Modern Movement and the Surveillance Society," Peter Jones, the author, explores the complex relationship between architecture and surveillance in the context of the modernist movement. Jones argues that the...
Spatial transparency and openness of Camp 13 Cafe
Reading Summary: In "Building the Empire of The Gaze: The Modern Movement and the Surveillance Society," Peter Jones (1999) explores the relationship between the Modern Movement in architecture and the rise of surveillance in contemporary society. The architectural...
Market of CONTROL
The article "Building the Empire of the Gaze: The Modern Movement and the Surveillance Society" by Peter Jones talks about the connection between the architectural principles of the modern movement and the emergence of a surveillance society. In Peter Jones's...
Modernism and the Invisible Glass Box
In his article "The Modern Movement and the Surveillance Society," Peter Jones looks into the connection between modernist architecture and the rise of surveillance. He discusses how Modernist architectural principles began to prioritize efficiency, transparency,...
Day and Night Tea House: atmosphere of surveillance
READING SUMMARY Peter Jones chapter BUILDING THE EMPIRE OF THE GAZE: The Modern Movement and the Surveillance Society, he describes how the modern movement influences privacy in architectural buildings and it created an atmosphere of constant surveillance....
Modern Day Corbusier in the Right Light
READING SUMMARY In this article by Peter Jones, he draws on Michael Foucalts concept of the surveillance society and began to argue that modern architecture, mainly the modernist movement, not only reflected ideas from the surveillance society but also played a...
Communicating Power and Control
In a critique of the modernist movement in architecture, Peter Jones recounts the cultural and historic events that created the western surveillance society and the architecture that supports it. With a tradition of favoring the sense of sight that stretches back...