Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
The consumption of architectural representation has shifted considerably in the last two decades, and therefore the critiques have also repositioned themselves. Against this background, this essay analyses Lebbeus Woods’ drawings that have at different times either provoked intense criticism for a naïf socio-cultural agenda or great admiration for their imaginative and seductive power. This paper considers the representational techniques used by Woods in the Sarajevo project to discuss the rôle of history and the aesthetics of destruction. The discussion addresses the inherent duality and tension evident within these drawings, especially in the techniques employed for representation, which on one hand tend to be viewed as built manifestations and hence criticised for aestheticising war and lacking a deeper socio-cultural understanding, while on the other hand are perceived as flights of the imagination inducing metaphorical and ideational possibilities that offer provocative ways of thinking.
The consumption of architectural representation has shifted considerably in the last two decades, and therefore the critiques have also repositioned themselves. Against this background, this essay analyses Lebbeus Woods’ drawings that have at different times either provoked intense criticism for a naïf socio-cultural agenda or great admiration for their imaginative and seductive power. This paper considers the representational techniques used by Woods in the Sarajevo project to discuss the rôle of history and the aesthetics of destruction. The discussion addresses the inherent duality and tension evident within these drawings, especially in the techniques employed for representation, which on one hand tend to be viewed as built manifestations and hence criticised for aestheticising war and lacking a deeper socio-cultural understanding, while on the other hand are perceived as flights of the imagination inducing metaphorical and ideational possibilities that offer provocative ways of thinking.
Between drawing and building
Kanekar, Aarati (Autor:in)
The Journal of Architecture ; 15 ; 771-794
01.12.2010
24 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
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