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122 — Rem Koolhaas's SMLXL — 3/4

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This chapter explores the notion of 'bigness' in architecture, contrasting it with smaller design approaches and discussing its significance as an ultimate ambition. It references Rem Koolhaas's work in SMLXL, which articulates a thesis on bigness and its relation to historical ideologies about architectural scale.

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