The shadow institution
• Facsimiles indicating the parent-child relationship of the shadow institution anticipated by Cedric Price
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[edit] Foreword
This article is a result of an exchange between Cedric Price and Norman Fellows on 14 December 1978:—
- NF "I think it's already here."
- CP "What is?"
- NF "The shadow institution."
- (Meeting notes, 1978). [1] [2]
Thus Norman Fellows made an assertion, namely:—
- ... that "the shadow institution" exists.
The purpose of this article is therefore:—
- to establish whether or not Norman Fellows' assertion that the shadow institution exists has any factual basis.
[edit] Introduction
Prior to the original exchange Cedric Price had published ...
This assertion was based on the study of two sets of literature in particular, namely:—
- the publications listed in Cedric Price's bibliography;
- the publications listed in the Architectural Association's Graduate Schools' bibliography 'Social Institutions 1978'.
However, the meanings implicit in this exchange require some unpacking.
Thus the purpose of this article is:—
- to make a fuller exchange.
[edit] Introduction
For some time prior to the exchange Architectural Design had been publishing schemes by Cedric Price ... (see CP Bibliography)
According to Norman Fellows:—
- "My conception of the shadow institution had been anticipated on paper by Cedric Price."
- (Updated commentary, 2024) [3]
However, it had not been named.
Thus the term 'the shadow institution' is attributed to Norman Fellows. [4]
[edit] The meeting
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The term 'shadow institution' is attributed to Norman Fellows. [3]
The original exchange contained an unsubstantiated assertion. However, according to Norman Fellows:—
- "My conception of the shadow institution had been anticipated on paper by Cedric Price."
- (Updated commentary, 2024) [4]
In addition, Norman Fellows has written at length about :—
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• Table 1: Facsimiles from the Potteries Thinkbelt (left) and Housing Research by Cedric Price aka "Son of Thinkbelt" (right).
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Thus ...
The "Learn More" links in Table 1 lead to articles on this website about the two particular schemes by Cedric Price
... to articles on the Designing Buildings website by Norman Fellows.
... provide a fuller account of
indicating the parent-child relationship of the shadow institution anticipated by Cedric Price
Thus this article focusses initially on the relationship between the Potteries Thinkbelt (PTb) and "Son of Thinkbelt". [5]
The findings were:—
- ... that the PTb study proposed "a valid national and regional distribution of educational institutions."
- ... that the work on the "Son of Thinkbelt" postulated "a coarse model of a potential 'housing' service".
The argument then is:—
- ... that there is a parent-child relationship between these two shadow institutions.
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[edit] Facsimile 2
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