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In response to the conflict between a building\u2019s capacity to operate as a nodal center of urban activity and the increasing obsolescence of such centers in the wake of a growing culture of telecommunications, visionary architect Lebbeus Woods proposed three public projects. Centers featured Woods\u2019s designs for an International Communications Center in Paris, a conversion of the Times Tower in New York for the Third Millenium, and the Epicyclarium, a structure that would continuously process computerized data to generate an evolving global image. Each of these projects was comprised of a centralized form\u2014such as a tower or a sphere\u2014that would create a hub of human interaction and activity, and that would simultaneously challenge conventional urban grids. These works aimed to elicit critical attention to the concept of centrality as it may be applied to contemporary architecture and urbanism, and to its potential social ramifications.Free picture 1984.11_Centers: Three Public Building Projects_Posters integrated with the OffiDocs web apps
