{"id":28074,"date":"2016-01-12T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T18:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=28074"},"modified":"2017-11-13T16:56:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T00:56:49","slug":"book-review-from-the-stacks-proceed-and-be-bold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2016\/01\/12\/book-review-from-the-stacks-proceed-and-be-bold\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review From The Stacks: Proceed and Be Bold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/FromTheStacks_logo.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2165\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2165\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/FromTheStacks_logo.gif\" alt=\"FromTheStacks_logo\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Author: Andrea Oppenheimer Dean (Princeton Architectural Press &#8211;\u00a02005)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Proceed and Be Bold<\/em> checks in on<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruralstudio.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Rural Studio<\/a> under the steerage of Andrew Freear, a Yorkshire native, good friend of Mockbee\u2019s, and faculty for fifth-year students at Rural Studio since 1998. The book is both a critical look at the direction the school has taken and a snapshot of its projects in the last decade. Writer and former editor of Architecture magazine Andrea Oppenheimer Dean investigates how Freear\u2019s personality and interests are manifest in the projects produced by the studio, as Mockbee\u2019s once were, marking a shift towards higher levels of craftsmanship and durability, and away from Sambo\u2019s spirit of DIY expressiveness. \u201cAs materials have changed, so has appearance. The Rural Studio\u2019s buildings under Mockbee were known for their striking angles, sharp diagonals, winged roofs and idiosyncratic details. [Now] projects tend toward a neutral, minimal modernism, a vocabulary that was not Mockbee\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citing the ambitious and energetic burst of projects that came out of Rural Studio in the early 2000\u2019s as a coping strategy for dealing with Mockbee\u2019s death, Freear and his students are here given the opportunity to reflect on their design approach and how it\u2019s evolved. The introduction of steel as a structural material marks a distinct shift from the early days of limited resources and skill sets, and towards a more professional and durable building strategy. Projects such as Greensborough\u2019s HERO storefront (the Hale Empowerment Rehabilitation Organization with <a href=\"https:\/\/elevaterehab.org\/\">drug and alcohol treatment centers<\/a>) are essentially indistinguishable as student works from that of a practicing professional. Growing beyond the simple rural housing projects of Mockbee\u2019s time, the studio now takes on a multitude of public and community-oriented projects.<\/p>\n<p>Though making incredible progress in both the scale and scope of its projects, Rural Studio has moved away from the innovative whimsy and strategies of improvisation and resourcefulness of its founder. <em>Proceed and Be Bold<\/em> takes a neutral tone, charting this maturing process of one of America\u2019s most special architecture programs. Though distinctly different from its humble beginnings, <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20100725101046\/http:\/\/www.cadc.auburn.edu\/rural-studio\/\">Rural Studio<\/a> is here to stay, and as Mockbee would have wished, remains a \u2018moving target\u2019.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Proceed and Be Bold<\/strong> is currently out-of-print. However, for more information on the book, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.papress.com\/html\/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781568985008\" target=\"_blank\">Princeton Architectural Press website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>**<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Laura Kozak<\/strong> is a designer, project coordinator and camping enthusiast. Her ongoing interest in the<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">\u00a0collaborative design of the urban environment informs her teaching and research practice.\u00a0She has a BFA from Emily Carr,\u00a0<\/span>a graduate degree in \u00a0architecture from UBC and maintains an independent design practice.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Andrea Oppenheimer Dean (Princeton Architectural Press &#8211;\u00a02005) Proceed and Be Bold checks in on Rural Studio under the steerage of Andrew Freear, a Yorkshire native, good friend of Mockbee\u2019s, and faculty for fifth-year students at Rural Studio since 1998. 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