Ichnographia Cellae
An illustration of loneliness, togetherness, sameness, selflessness, laziness, asceticism, libertinism, domestication, inhabitation, socialization, incarceration, liberation, oppression, separation, individuation, cellularization, isolation, contemplation, collectivization, equality proximity, anonymity, poverty, luxury, interiority, enclosure, seclusion, exclusion, inclusion, life and prison.
A visual genealogy of the cell from cubicula to monastic cells, from workers’ lodgings to prison cells, from residential hotels to micro apartments.

Ichnographia Cellae

Ichnographia Cellae
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Ichnographia Cellae
- 1. Cell for One Person in High-rise communal house
Avtostroj, USSR, 1929. Architect: OSA. Competition project
- 2. Monastery of St. Macarius
Nitria, Egypt, 300 – 400 CE
- 3. Great Lavra Monastery
Mount Athos, 350 – 400 CE
- 4. Charterhouse of Clermont
France, 14th century. Adapted from Viollet-le-Duc
- 5. Pandavleni Caves
Nasik, India, 150 CE
- 6. Lazzaretto
Milan, Italy, 15th century. Architect: Lazzaro Palazzi
- 7. Ajanta Cave
Nasik, India, 2nd century BCE
- 8. House of the Faun
Pompeii, Italy, 2nd century (80 – 90) BCE
- 9. Monastery of St. Macarius
Nitria, Egypt, 300 – 400 CE
- 10. Monastery of Skellig Michael
Ireland, 800 – 900 CE
- 11. Hermitage of Camaldoli
Arezzo, Italy, 1012
- 12. The Meeting of Saint Anthony and Saint Paul, Master of the Osservanza (Sassetta), 1430 – 1435
- 13. Florence Charterhouse
Italy, 14th century
- 14. Fuggerei
Augsburg, Germany, 1516. Architect: Jakob Fugger the Younger
- 15. Carcere di San Michele a Ripa
Rome, Italy, 1686. Architect: Carlo Fontana
- 16. One-Person Apartment, 1689
Architect: Cornelis Meijer. Theoretical project
- 17. The Stone Breakers, Gustave Courbet, 1849
- 18. Albergo dei Poveri
Naples, Italy, 1751. Architect: Ferdinando Fuga
- 19. Cottage for one or two workers,1806
Architect: John Wood the Younger. Theoretical project
- 20. Panopticon, 1791
Architect: Jeremy Bentham. Theoretical project
- 21. House for Unmarried Labourers, 1851
Architect: Henry Roberts. Built and demolished
- 22. Working womens’ home, 1869
Architect: John Kellum. Built and demolished
- 23. Western Motel, Edward Hopper, 1957
- 24. Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan, 1965
- 25. Taxi Driver by Martin Scorsese, 1976
- 26. New York Movie, Edward Hopper, 1938-39
- 27. Palace Hotel
San Francisco, USA, 1875. Architect: Trowbridge & Livingston
- 28. National Hotel
San Francisco, 1906
- 29. SRO Florence Hotel
Los Angeles, USA, renovated in 1985
- 30. Narkomfin Building, or Second House of Sovnarkom
Moscow, USSR, 1928–1930. Architect: Moisei Ginzburg and Ignaty F. Milinis
- 31. Nakagin Capsule Tower
Tokyo, Japan, 1972. Architect: Kisho Kurokawa
- 32. Die Architektur des Orgien Mysterien Theaters,
Hermann Nitsch, 1984 – 90
- 33. LACK Ikea side table
- 34. Men in The Cities, Robert Longo, 1980
- 35. Carmel Place Microapartments
New York City, USA, 2013–16. Architect: nArchitects
- 36. Cells and Conduits, Peter Halley, 2018
Ichnographia Cellae
Team
Pier Vittorio Aureli, Martino Tattara, with Mariapaola Michelotto
Publication
e-flux – Confinement is a collaborative exhibition curated by gta exhibitions and e-flux Architecture, supported by the Adrian Weiss Stiftung and the ETH Zürich Foundation.
Link
2020