Mute icons : and other dichotomies of the real in architecture / Marcelo Spina & Georgina Huljich ; with [editor] Constance Vale.

Main entry:

Spina, Marcelo, author.

Title & Author:

Mute icons : and other dichotomies of the real in architecture / Marcelo Spina & Georgina Huljich ; with [editor] Constance Vale.

Publication:

New York : Actar Publishers, 2021.

Description:

335 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-335).
Machine generated contents note: 1.Concept: Introduction -- 2.History: Timeline / Constance Vale -- 3.Discipline: Current Dichotomies and Their Disciplinary Implications -- 4.Projects -- Appendix A Hyper Obliques: Abstract Distortions of the Real -- Appendix B Physical Models: Material Reductions of the Real -- Appendix C Photorealistic Perspectives: Narratives and Concentrations of the Real -- Appendix D Aerial Photomontages: Displacements and Glitches of the Real -- 5.Culture: On Dialectics / Guillermo Martinez.

Summary:

Mute Icons' challenges fixed aesthetic notions of beauty in architecture as both, disciplinary discourse and a spatial practice within the public realm. No longer concerned with narrative excesses or with the "shock and awe" of sensation making; the mute icon becomes intriguing in its deceptive indifference towards context, perplexing in its unmitigated apathy towards the body. Dwelling in the paradox between silence and sign and aiming to debunk a false dichotomy between critical discourse, a pursue of formal novelty and the attainment of social ethics, 'Mute Icons' reaffirms the cultural need and socio-political relevance of the architectural image, suggesting a much-needed resolution to the present but incorrect antagonism between formal innovation, social responsibility and economic austerity. This book aspires to stimulate authentic speculations on the real building, public space and landscape.

ISBN:

1945150866
9781945150869

Subject:

Architecture Philosophy.
Architecture Aesthetics.
Architecture Esthétique.
Architecture Philosophie.
architectural theory.

Added entries:

Huljich, Georgina, author.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 310072
Call No.: BIB 255199
Status: Available

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