Student Rebels of the Hines School: 1971 and 1986
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At least two times in the history of the Hines School of Architecture, groups of students self-published periodicals to speak truth to power and try to effect change. In 1971, following the experimental culture that flourished in the school in the sixties, the “Miracle Movers” pushed for a looser and more alternative curriculum. In 1986, students published “The Asbestos Papers” to protest Philip Johnson’s new building for the architecture college, and Reagan-era postmodernism in general.
The Miracle Movers were able to achieve their ends of restoring a beloved professor’s tenure and moving the college into a freer, experimental curriculum. The student writers of the Asbestos Papers were unable to prevent Philip Johnson’s building. Both groups left a paper trail full of sincerity, humor, biting critique, and deeply passionate ideas about what their education as architects could be.
This display was curated by Jenkins Library Supervisor Brooke Bailey.
Miracle Movers, 1971
The Asbestos Papers, 1986