University of Virginia Library

'Modulus' Has
Varied Articles

"Modulus 4," the publication
of the School of Architecture, will
be concerned with a variety of
topics pertinent to architecture,
philosophy, the visual arts and way
you live in its early spring issue,
according to Christopher Ohman,
editor-in-chief.

What is a University and why
will you be living there in 1991?
The fourth-year class will attempt
to answer the question why the
movement towards total involvement
of the University with the
city is inevitable, and they will offer
some solutions.

Can Buildings walk?

William Zuk will sock it to you
about kinetic structures.

Will the specialist be the emu of
the third millennium?

John Ruseau has some ideas in
the next issue.

Can 3,000,000,000 people own
the Mona Lisa, and will 7/27/34/27/7
replace Baskerville Bold?
Wim Crouwel, one of Amsterdam's
most imaginative graphic
designers, explains his reason for
a computerized typography.

Can a human being be
mortgaged? Theo Crosby, Britain's
foremost urban philosopher,
thinks they can and lets you know
why.

In addition, Richard Coss, the
director of the Raymond Locwy
Foundation in Paris, will write
about mood provoking visual
stimuli. Other stories will include
a photographic essay on Frank
Lloyd Wright's last building in
Marin County, perhaps some poetry
by Benjamin Thompson and a
cut-out, glue-together sculpture.
University students will also contribute
to "Modulus 4." Articles
will include "The Psychology of
the Negro Ghetto," "Campus
Planning at the University of Virginia,"
and "The New Wave
Cinema."

The format of the magazine will
be changed completely this year,
Mr. Ohman said. "In the past, it
has been a magazine with a standard
page size using conventional
production techniques. This year
it will be a collection of fold-up,
leaf-through, punch-out, hang-up
articles in an envelope, permitting
a freedom of graphic design that
is impossible to achieve in a standard
magazine.

"Modulus is a student publication
and depends entirely upon the
support of an interested community,"
Mr. Ohman added. Subscription
rates are $1.50 for one
year, $3 for two years and $4
for three years.

In the past contributors have included
Philip Thiel, Marcel Breuer,
Arnaldo Pomodoro, Wolf Eckhardt,
Alvar Aalto, John Ormsbee
Simons and Moshe Safdie.