Work
Il Monumento Continuo (The Continuous Monument): An Architectural Model for Total Urbanization
Explore in the Atlas →Photomontages of a vast white gridded megastructure traversing the Sahara, Manhattan and the Erechtheion; 'a moderate utopia… the world rendered uniform by technology, culture and all the other inevitable forms of imperialism.' A single exterior monument that swallows the world.
Fantasy Representation Sign
Details
- Type
- Project
Connections
- articulates Negative / Critical Utopia
Referenced by
- Adolfo Natalini authored
- Cristiano Toraldo di Francia authored
Sources
- Peter Lang; William Menking. Superstudio: Life Without Objects. Skira, 2003.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Il Monumento Continuo (The Continuous Monument): An Architectural Model for Total Urbanization." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/work-continuous-monument/. Accessed July 17, 2026.