"The Architectural Project and the Historical Project: Tensions, Analogies, Discontinuities," Log 31 (2014), 115-138. (original) (raw)

Architecture after All || After-Narrative: Editor's Preface

2006

Perspecta 38: Architecture After All explores the ever-widening array of political, social, technological, and economic influences in architecture today. Many leading designers and thinkers have turned away from the ideological hegemony of critical theory towards a rediscovered focus on praxis as a means of conceptual positioning.

PHILOSOPHY OF ARCHITECTURE

This text is the result of an interdisciplinary reflection that tends to lay the foundations for a new concept of architecture, a new architectural paradigm. In light of the transformations occurring at an increasingly rapid pace in the world of science, the sectors of classical knowledge must review their structure and role. In this context, to rediscover its role and cultural meaning, architecture must review its position within the process of transformation of knowledge for which it must somehow account. In other words, to do this, architecture must re-establish the basic assumptions and redefine its specific universe of discourse. Author Graduated in Architecture in the 1970s, he taught at the Italian faculties of Architecture in Rome (Chair of architectural composition, years 73-77) and Naples (Institute of architectural methodology, years 82-83 and 2004) as assistant-presenter of seminars, working on the themes of semiology, representation and design logic. He is currently an independent researcher and for many years has been involved in epistemological and cognitive research on architecture with investigations, currently under development, with fMRI techniques aimed at analyzing the response of the human brain towards architecture.

Architecture and Technology: A Discontinuous Relation

Technology has a history structured by discontinuities. The first important philosophical expression of such a conception of technology was advanced by Walter Benjamin when he defined art works in relation to specific techniques of production. At the present art and architecture occur within an age defined by the move from ’technical reproducibility’ to digital reproducibility. The move has an impact on how technology is understood and its relation to architecture conceived. Adapting Walter Benjamin’s work in this area provides the basis for a response to Soren Riis’ important treatment of the relationship between architecture and technology in his paper “Dwelling in-between walls: the architectural surround”.

Call to Re.Naissance realisations on the failure of architectural theory/history and

Academics and theory around architecture is built on shallow foundations and in terms of the human story is most recent. The failure of logical definitions and fallacies like Form vs Function have led to the decay of this great discipline. It is time to define architecture - as the articulation of meaning. Time to define the new city - "the knowledge city" , the Amer Principle. and more. From CTAL at the thought studio.

ARCHITECTURE a historical perspective

2014

What is architecture really about? This history-by-theory and theory by- history book helps its reader make sense of the chaotic multitude of world architecture through time. Brief but to the point, it is perceiving architecture as part of human civilisation: a guide for reading architecture of yesterday with our eyes focused on tomorrow.

ARCHITECTURE IN EFFECT: A Glance at Critical Historiography

Historiography marks a relatively unexplored research domain in architecture. Despite the obscure nature of this subject matter, architectural historiography equally illuminates a hidden pathway to the historical interaction of architecture with art or literature. Critical historiography adds another dimension to this emerging research topic that further encapsulates multiple levels of criticism. In recognition of a growing interest for historiography, it can be argued that the critical aspects of historiography may serve as crucial instruments for an enhanced understanding of architectural historiography. In this article, the realm of architectural historiography is investigated through a multidisciplinary perspective that revisits architectural criticism, critical historiography, modern architecture, phenomenology, and a number of aspects of architectural historiography in the Swedish Million Homes Program.

The history of architecture Introducing two new disciplines: Architat & Archicouture Critical Reading Response

ELINE DE WINTER, 2023

Based on the information I obtained during my minor "Modes of Existence," my ideas align with the broader debate on the definition and evolution of architecture. I introduce the concept of two new disciplines within architecture, namely Archicouture and Architat, focusing respectively on utility buildings and residential buildings. I also emphasize the importance of sharing concepts and striving for solutions that address the challenges of the modern era. My ideas reflect an acknowledgment of the changing needs and aspirations of society and the necessity to adapt architecture accordingly. By emphasizing sustainability, functionality, and aesthetics, I remain true to the core principles of architecture. Furthermore, I demonstrate an awareness of broader social and environmental issues such as shared living and sustainability that are relevant to the future of architecture. It is important to note that the evaluation of these ideas is subjective and dependent on the context and perspective of the readers. My ideas could be further substantiated with specific arguments, examples, or research to strengthen the viewpoints and clarify my position within the architectural discourse. Additionally, I am open to debate and curious about counterarguments. While I can also think of several potential opposing views, I have not currently devoted the time to delve deeper into them. It would be interesting to conduct further research on these aspects and engage in a broader discussion.

The construction of architecture

2004

This paper will proceed, via a brief discussion of Hans-Georg Gadamer's anti-aesthetics of architecture, to outline why the architectural metaphor in philosophy is never simply a metaphor, using as a guide the critique of origins and sources contained in Jacques Derrida's essay Qual Quelle. The question will be raised as to whether the tools and structures of philosophy, such as the difference between materiality and non-materiality, abstract thought and practice, are entirely adequate to architectural debate; and whether, in questioning these structures, it is possible to address Bataille's critique of architecture (as interpreted in Denis Hollier's Against Architecture) as the expression of pre-existing social order and power. Tim Gough MA(Cantab) DipArch The Paper Itself What is going to happen between us? Is this paper-which has just begun-a textual object to be communicated to you, a receptive subject? Is this "textual object" an expression of the thoughts of another "subject", namely the one who reads it to you now? Is the receptive subject one, or are they many; and if the latter, what of the communication between them? Or shall we regard what happens between us in a different light-taking a different tack? Could we say instead that the avowedly metaphysical presupposition of subject and object, communication and expression, are simply abstractions from a primary reality-a reality which has an entirely different character? Accepting that the conceptual apparatus of subject and object has its place and use, we would nonetheless question-indeed challenge-a philosophy or theory which would give it pride of place or-what's worse-leave it unquestioned.