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Alison Smithson inspired the life-size replica of St. Jerome’s study. In 1991, Tecta presented it at the Milan Furniture Fair as a study of the perfect, functional workspace.
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St. Jerome in his study”, 1474 – the painting by Antonello da Messina served as a source
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“St. Jerome. The desert. The study”, 1990 – Alison Smithson’s treatise on the »strikingly perfect functionalism« of the Renaissance
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“St. Jerome. The desert. The study room” is based on Alison Smithson’s treatise “Fragment of an Enclave”, first published in 1985
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The text was illustrated and reprinted in 1991 for the Tecta stand in Milan
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Copper engraving by Albrecht Dürer, 1514 – the depictions of St. Jerome’s study combine Gothic and Renaissance ideas
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Alison (1928–1993) and Peter Smithson (1923–2003) were British architects who formed an architectural partnership. They are considered key representatives of New Brutalism, particularly in architectural and urban theory. The two met while studying architecture at Durham University and married in 1949. They initially worked for the architecture department of the London County Council before establishing their own practice in 1950.
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