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Architecture Like You've Never Seen It Via Reimagined British Postmodernism

The "merry pranksters" of British design, FAT Architecture, called it quits after 20 glorious years of eye-popping Postmodernism. Now, co-founder Sam Jacob asks graduate students at Yale University to critique FAT's work via drawings inspired by other famous architects.

See all the Yale University student drawings, part of a course taught by FAT co-founders Sean Griffiths, Charles Holland, and Sam Jacob, at Abitare.

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Yale University student Michael Miller reimagined Sint Lucas under the guise of an OMA-style drawing (with Alex Wall). [via Abitare]
Yale University student Michael Miller reimagined Sint Lucas under the guise of an OMA-style drawing (with Alex Wall). [via Abitare]
FAT (an abbreviation for the tongue-in-cheek values of "Fashion Architecture Taste") made its name with "pop-collage" buildings like Heerlijkheid in Hoogvliet, a villa in a landscaped park outside of Rotterdam, which Phaidon points out as one of the firm's most influential projects.
FAT (an abbreviation for the tongue-in-cheek values of "Fashion Architecture Taste") made its name with "pop-collage" buildings like Heerlijkheid in Hoogvliet, a villa in a landscaped park outside of Rotterdam, which Phaidon points out as one of the firm's most influential projects.
FAT’s Hoogvliet Heerlijkheid in the style of Michael Webb, drawn by Yale student Kara Biczykowski. [via Abitare]
FAT’s Hoogvliet Heerlijkheid in the style of Michael Webb, drawn by Yale student Kara Biczykowski. [via Abitare]
FAT Architecture designed a villa and a graphic, bright pink bridge for Rotterdam's Heerlijkheid Hoogvleit.
FAT Architecture designed a villa and a graphic, bright pink bridge for Rotterdam's Heerlijkheid Hoogvleit.
FAT’s Hoogvliet Heerlijkheid via David Hockney, drawn by Yale student Kara Biczykowski. [via Abitare]
FAT’s Hoogvliet Heerlijkheid via David Hockney, drawn by Yale student Kara Biczykowski. [via Abitare]
The £300,000 structure is an exercise in the growing trend of live/work residences. FAT writes of the Blue House: "This live/work building, now affectionately known as the blue house, has a cartoon-like billboard character which communicates its function as a home and office."
The £300,000 structure is an exercise in the growing trend of live/work residences. FAT writes of the Blue House: "This live/work building, now affectionately known as the blue house, has a cartoon-like billboard character which communicates its function as a home and office."
FAT’s Blue House via Zaha Hadid drawn by Yale student PJ Nakamura. [via Abitare]
FAT’s Blue House via Zaha Hadid drawn by Yale student PJ Nakamura. [via Abitare]
While FAT's work is over-the-top, even bombastic, it retains connection to its surroundings, often through materials. On the CIAC eco-housing project, the firm writes, "Materially, the building uses a pallet of tougher brick to its exterior, responding to the industrial landscape of the old docks. Its interior court is lined with a softer, warmer timber to which decorative motifs and planting are used to add to its character."
While FAT's work is over-the-top, even bombastic, it retains connection to its surroundings, often through materials. On the CIAC eco-housing project, the firm writes, "Materially, the building uses a pallet of tougher brick to its exterior, responding to the industrial landscape of the old docks. Its interior court is lined with a softer, warmer timber to which decorative motifs and planting are used to add to its character."
FAT’s CIAC in the style of Theo van Doesburg by Yale student Tamrat Gebremichael. [via Abitare]
FAT’s CIAC in the style of Theo van Doesburg by Yale student Tamrat Gebremichael. [via Abitare]