scholarly journals Ecomannerism

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1307
Author(s):  
Gabriel Peña ◽  
Carmela Cucuzzella
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Sustainable Systems ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
Compositional Elements ◽  
Late Renaissance ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

Mannerism was the bridge between late Renaissance and the Baroque between 1520 and the 1600s. This movement was characterized by the destabilization of compositional elements through repetition and expressiveness, regardless of their function. This phase in history echoes a trend in contemporary architecture based on the repetition of functionless elements that constitute a ‘green aesthetic’ in detriment of sustainable systems. Ecomannerism is a conceptual vehicle to identify and evaluate iconic contemporary projects that are positioned between ecologies of practice and ecologies of symbols, which are directly related to the sustainable performance of the built environment.

scholarly journals Skin to Skin: A Provocative Expression of the Dynamic Relationship Between the Surface of the Body and the Surface of Architecture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Thomas Ibbotson
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Horizontal Plane ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dynamic Force ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
Building Typology ◽  
Skin To Skin ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

<p>It can be argued that modern architecture has expelled the building’s relationship to the ground. Raised on pilotis, modern buildings constructed the platform as an artificial ground plane. Ultimately, the platform was a two-dimensional plane, flattened to aid our transition across the built environment. This horizontal plane merely tolerated inhabitation. Unfortunately the language synonymous with this plane has been extended into contemporary architecture. It is proposed that the rigidity and stability expressed by the surface of the horizontal plane has failed to reflect the body, stimulate interaction, or challenge the inhabitant of architecture. To free the horizontal plane from its rigid axis this thesis aims to break away from the conventional building typology inflicted by modern architecture. As the force of gravity restricts our inhabitation of the built environment to the horizontal plane we directly engage with this surface of architecture. It provokes the question, how can the design of the horizontal plane engage the body and challenge the inhabitant to intensify the experience of architecture? An exploration of the skin-to-skin relationship between the surface of the body and the surface of architecture directs this thesis toward a provocative design exploration and evokes an expressive horizontal plane. To challenge the restrictive conception of architecture’s horizontal plane the program of inhabitation for this design project explores the practice of yoga. Now conceived as a dynamic force, the body can be activated by architecture’s horizontal plane. This surface provides an expressive canvas with the capacity to embody the dynamic movements of yoga. It aids, activates and challenges the participant’s body and amplifies the experience of yoga. An expressive horizontal plane, central to the inhabitation of a yoga centre, generates a dynamic space that provokes a dialogue of interaction between the inhabitant and the surface of architecture. A dynamic plane has emerged.</p>

scholarly journals INTELLECTUAL [DIS]HONESTY IN ARCHITECTURE

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth G. Masden II ◽  
Nikos A. Salingaros
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
General Public ◽  
Power Structure ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
High Profile ◽  
True Value ◽  
Logical Conclusion ◽  
The World ◽  
The Media ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

Many, if not a majority, of the world’s citizens view contemporary architecture as ineffective in accommodating the lives of everyday human beings. And yet, voluminous texts by prominent architects and the media argue just the opposite; that, in fact, flashy and expensive new projects profoundly benefit humanity. Those buildings supposedly provide continued advancement in how humans occupy the world. While there is no doubt that the built environment is instrumental to human achievement and wellbeing, what is the true value of the ill-formed, and perhaps ill-conceived, products of today’s leading architects? This essay argues that the elite power structure behind high-profile architectural projects is focused more upon promoting like-minded architects, and their narrow ideological interests, than in satisfying the ordinary everyday user. In doing so, this activity irrevocably damages the environment and markedly diminishes human neuro-physiological engagement with the man-made world. The logical conclusion from this purposeful misrepresentation is that the profession deliberately manipulates both the general public and architecture students to serve its own agenda.

scholarly journals Fragments: A Poetic Approach To Place-Making

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Lishak
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
The Body ◽  
Rational Approach ◽  
Visual Images ◽  
Place Making ◽  
Critical Regionalism ◽  
A Site ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

The notion of regional particularity and sensitivity to place remains in constant struggle with the persistent autonomous approach evident in most contemporary architecture, which under the pressures of globalization has paved the path toward commodification and the creation of universal non-places. Meanwhile the decline of craftsmanship within architecture and the perpetual emphasis on visual images and iconic forms continues to undermine human connection to the built environment. The use of Fragments in architectural design involves a distinct understanding of perception of space that takes its theoretical basis in the communicative and situational character of Synthetic Cubism and Picturesque Landscape theory. Brought into an architectural context, these theories work in contrast to the rational approach based on proportion and perspectival imagery, bringing focus towards the experience of the body moving through space with emphasis on the poetics of construction, materiality, corporeal experience, and details that express craftsmanship, meaning, and emotion. Guided by Kenneth Frampton’s theory of Critical Regionalism with the aim of resisting placelessness, the nature of such tectonic articulation is informed by the context and specificity of a site.

The visionary project of the architectural avant-garde of the 1960's as a challenge for the design of contemporary architecture

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Socrates Yiannoudes
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Urban Systems ◽  
Technological Environment ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Adaptive Architecture ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

In this paper, we discuss and reflect on the outcome of the undergraduate course, “Adaptive Architecture”, which took place at the Department of Architecture (Technical University of Crete), during the winter term of 2011-2012. In this course, we examined the challenging potential of the ideas and practices of the architectural avant-garde of the 1960’s as inspiration for design within the contemporary urban, social and technological environment. Students had to synthesize the visions embedded in projects by Cedric Price, Archigram, Constant, and Yona Friedman, with current technological developments and social conditions by revisiting their radical agendas. The projects that came out of the course included ideas such as modularity and extensibility, mobility and nomadic lifestyle, adaptation through responsive mechanisms, networked urban systems and a shift from the “hardware” of urban space -the built environment- to the immaterial architecture of “software” infrastructures and network configurations. The course and its outcome verified that the architectural avant-garde is a locus of virtuality, a place where possible futures can be fertilized. It places questions and opens up debates about the possible shift in the disciplinary limits of architecture and the role of the architect in shaping contemporary urban experiences.Neste texto, vamos discutir o resultado do curso de graduação, "Arquitetura adaptável", que teve lugar no Departamento de Arquitectura (Universidade Técnica de Creta), durante o período de inverno de 2011-2012. Neste curso, que analisou o potencial desafiador das idéias e práticas da vanguarda arquitetônica da década de 1960 como inspiração para o design contemporâneo dentro do ambiente urbano, social e tecnológico. Os alunos tiveram de sintetizar as visões embutidos em projetos por Cedric Price, Archigram, constante e Yona Friedman, com a actual evolução tecnológica e as condições sociais, revisitando suas agendas radicais. Os projetos que saíram do curso inclui idéias como a modularidade e extensibilidade, mobilidade e estilo de vida nômade, adaptação através de mecanismos ágeis, sistemas de rede urbana e uma mudança do "hardware" do espaço urbano-ambiente construído para a arquitetura imaterial da "software" de infra-estruturas e configurações de rede. O curso e seu resultado verificado que a vanguarda arquitetônica é um locus de virtualidade, um lugar onde os futuros possíveis pode ser fertilizado. Ele coloca questões e abre debates sobre a possível mudança nos limites disciplinares da arquitetura e do papel do arquiteto na formação contemporâneos experiências urbanas.

Digital Art — A Field of Inquiry for Contemporary Architecture

2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-372
Author(s):  
Jose dos Santos ◽  
Cabral Filho
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Digital Art ◽  
Architectural Education ◽  
Computer Lab ◽  
Contemporary Architecture ◽  
Art And Architecture ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Field Of Inquiry

This article investigates the interplay of digital technology, art and architecture and it presents a series of experimental workshops developed at LAGEAR (Graphic Laboratory for the Experience of Architecture, School of Architecture at UFMG, Brazil). The intention of these workshops is to include an artistic approach to the work in a computer lab dedicated to teaching and researching architecture. At first, a discussion on the relationship between art and architecture is presented, followed by an analysis of the enhancement of such relationship with the advent of digital technology. Then a series of works developed by artists and students in collaboration is described. The article concludes with a discussion on the role of digital art for architectural education. It is proposed that it may be one of the most adequate fields for students to freely investigate contemporary issues, such as interactivity and automation, which are now shaping our built environment.

scholarly journals Humanizing Architecture in a Materialistic World Using Symbols and Morals

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Aly Mohamed El Husseiny ◽  
Ahmed Aly El Husseiny
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cultural Backgrounds ◽  
A Value ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Contemporary Architecture ◽  
Open Access Article

Architectural schools of design overwhelmingly adapt to cultural backgrounds of societies they target. This paper distinguishes between ideologies that generated Western, contemporary architecture, and on the other hand, the values of traditional Arab communities. The paper aims at parrying architectural plastic formations that are irrelevant to the local Arab discourse. The paper rediscovers a value oriented architecture that is capable of moving spiritual feelings towards the built environment, even if its formalistic and visual attractiveness is controversial. The paper demonstrates examples of what can be called “sincere” architecture rather than stunning and sight-startling products that apparently or superficially hold value.Keywords: Human architecture; spiritual architecture; symbolism; social building; experiencing architectureeISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

scholarly journals Enriching Our Understanding of Architecture Through Disability Experience

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-19
Author(s):  
Ann Heylighen ◽  
Caroline Van Doren ◽  
Peter-Willem Vermeersch
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
The Body ◽  
Sensory Experiences ◽  
Bodily Experiences ◽  
Museum Design ◽  
The One ◽  
Contemporary Architecture ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between the built environment and the human body is rarely considered explicitly in contemporary architecture. In case architects do take the body into account, they tend to derive mathematical proportions or functional dimensions from it, without explicit attention for the bodily experience of a building. In this article, we analyse the built environment in a way less common in architecture, by attending to how a particular person experiences it. Instead of relating the human body to architecture in a mathematical way, we establish a new relationship between architecture and the body—or a body—by demonstrating that our bodies are more involved in the experience of the built environment than we presume. The article focuses on persons with a sensory or physical impairment as they are able to detect building qualities architects may not be attuned to. By accompanying them during a visit to a museum building, we examine how their experiences relate to the architect's intentions. In attending to the bodily experiences of these disabled persons, we provide evidence that architecture is not only seen, but experienced by all senses, and that aesthetics may acquire a broader meaning. Senses can be disconnected or reinforced by nature. Sensory experiences can be consciously or unconsciously eliminated or emphasized by the museum design and use. Architects can have specific intentions in mind, but users (with an impairment) may not experience them. Attending to the experiences of disabled persons, and combining these with the architect's objectives, provides an interesting view of a building. Our analysis does not intend to criticize the one using the other; rather the combination of both views, each present in the building, makes for a richer understanding of what architecture is.

Poetic Perception in Built Environment - Anchoring Local Context within Contemporary Architecture

2011 ◽  
Vol 99-100 ◽  
pp. 38-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya Wei Kong ◽  
Yun Xia ◽  
Li Na Wang
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Contemporary Art ◽  
Perceptual Experience ◽  
Art Museum ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Contemporary Architecture ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Contemporary Art Museum

Based on the relationship of local context and contemporary architecture, perception of body is the key issue to experience in built environment. Through architect Steven Holl’s phenomenological concept and typical work Sifang Contemporary Art Museum, which introduces the perceptual experience of traditional Chinese Garden into international form, this paper explores to anchoring local context within contemporary architecture.

scholarly journals Skin to Skin: A Provocative Expression of the Dynamic Relationship Between the Surface of the Body and the Surface of Architecture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Thomas Ibbotson
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Horizontal Plane ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
The Body ◽  
Dynamic Force ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
Building Typology ◽  
Skin To Skin ◽  
Contemporary Architecture

<p>It can be argued that modern architecture has expelled the building’s relationship to the ground. Raised on pilotis, modern buildings constructed the platform as an artificial ground plane. Ultimately, the platform was a two-dimensional plane, flattened to aid our transition across the built environment. This horizontal plane merely tolerated inhabitation. Unfortunately the language synonymous with this plane has been extended into contemporary architecture. It is proposed that the rigidity and stability expressed by the surface of the horizontal plane has failed to reflect the body, stimulate interaction, or challenge the inhabitant of architecture. To free the horizontal plane from its rigid axis this thesis aims to break away from the conventional building typology inflicted by modern architecture. As the force of gravity restricts our inhabitation of the built environment to the horizontal plane we directly engage with this surface of architecture. It provokes the question, how can the design of the horizontal plane engage the body and challenge the inhabitant to intensify the experience of architecture? An exploration of the skin-to-skin relationship between the surface of the body and the surface of architecture directs this thesis toward a provocative design exploration and evokes an expressive horizontal plane. To challenge the restrictive conception of architecture’s horizontal plane the program of inhabitation for this design project explores the practice of yoga. Now conceived as a dynamic force, the body can be activated by architecture’s horizontal plane. This surface provides an expressive canvas with the capacity to embody the dynamic movements of yoga. It aids, activates and challenges the participant’s body and amplifies the experience of yoga. An expressive horizontal plane, central to the inhabitation of a yoga centre, generates a dynamic space that provokes a dialogue of interaction between the inhabitant and the surface of architecture. A dynamic plane has emerged.</p>

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