Their projects are more likely to riff on Monument Valley or Game of Thrones than Peter Zumthor or Gottfried Semper. But judging by this year’s student shows, that monochromatic hegemony is under threat: the next generation appears to be plotting a psychedelic revolution. ), the design imagines a mixed-use scheme of housing, station, community services and landscapes for productive play, constructed as a medieval walled castle. Quach’s project looks at how the Conservative government could exploit planning strategies to win more elderly votes in northern constituencies. There are strains of the New Aesthetic and the slick, slippery visual memes beloved of post-internet art.

Source: The Guardian July 08, 2016 14:37 UTC