NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (Xinhua)-- A museum in New York City has opened a new exhibition on modern cave dwelling architecture that offers a mind-blowing experience for visitors to the Big Apple known for its crowded towering skyscrapers.
In Praise of Caves: Organic Architecture Projects from Mexico by Carlos Lazo, Mathias Goeritz, Juan O'Gorman, and Javier Senosiain is an exhibition spanning multiple galleries at The Noguchi Museum in Long Island City of Queens borough in New York City.
The exhibition, which runs from Oct. 19 to Feb. 26, 2023, explores the adaptation of natural structures to modern living, the practical and environmental benefits of moving underground, and how humanity might reconnect with the essential happiness of living in concert with nature.
Under the broad rubric of organic architecture, these projects and site-specific installations reflect a coherent alternative paradigm for approaching the relationship between the human-made and natural environments that was developed in the middle of the 20th century.
The title of the exhibition is inspired by a chapter of that name in Bernard Rudofsky's "The Prodigious Builders: Notes Towards a Natural History of Architecture" (1977). In the book, Rudofsky argues that there is nothing primitive or backwards about living in caves, and he introduces readers to examples of ancient and contemporary cave dwelling all over the world.
Organic architecture is a concept popularized in the United States in the early 20th century by Frank Lloyd Wright, who sought to place his buildings in a harmonious balance with their natural habitat.
