What is Archigram?

Archigram was a group that was formed in the 1960’s that was a futurist, anti-heroic and pro-consumerist thinking group, drawing inspiration from technology in order to create a new reality

that was solely expressed through hypothetical projects. They were only put to fame because of some of the famous architects that pushed their movement into media. The main members of this group included Peter Cook, Warren Chalk, Ron Herron, Dennis Crompton, Michael Webb and David Greene. Their projects were all conceptual projects that were to lead to bigger and better things later. Many of their designs were never built even with the help of the media since the technology available was not as advance as their brainstorming. 

The way that Archigram members approached their designs was through technology based thinking. They were interested in how the materials of the future could take society to bigger and better places. Most of their designs were never created or explored, but they documented every project that they thought of.

The high-tech design was driven by the emerging technologies of this time. With these new inventions appearing, designers were exposed to endless design opportunities. The members of Archigram took advantage of these possibilities and thought of ideas that were beyond the imagination of the average person.

Some of their designs included The Walking City, where buildings would be able to freely move around a city. The thought behind this was to be to easily relocated buildings and to constantly have a new view through a window. The buildings in this city would be able to plug into various stations where they would be hosted. This was never created, but the thought behind this design was beyond the technology they had available. 
Archigram was a group of people that also had statements that they wanted to portray a certain concept with all of their designs, similar to Idiosyncratic Design. They too came up with unique designs with interesting shapes; ones of which were never thought of previously. Within their work, they wanted to benefit society and show that they can make an impact.

The type of thinking that Archigram displayed was beyond average. They were also seeking to go beyond what they had available and tried to do bigger and better things then what had been done previously. Their projects were evidence that designers were now looking beyond what was present and trying to streamline into the future. 

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