| Title |
A Study on the Interpretation of ‘Tradition’ in Contemporary Architecture |
| Authors |
Ryu Eun-Mi ; Kang Hoon ; Lee Dong-Eon |
| Keywords |
tradition ; modernity ; J.habermas ; H.G.gadamer ; pre-understanding ; fusion of horizons ; controlled distancing |
| Abstract |
Under the influence on Modernism, Korean modern architecture had a tendency to pursue not creativity but materiality. Although the architectural concern about the tradition increases, traditional Korean architectural language was not still positively reactivated. Therefore, this paper architecturally rethinks of that situation through ‘Hermeneutics Debate between Gadamer and Habermas’. In reactivating the tradition, the former has the limitation of dependence on absolute power of the past as pre-understanding and the latter has the possibility of combining both the realistic rationality and the original meanings of the tradition. The final goal of this paper is to suggest an architectural discourse based upon the reactivation of tradition by Gadamer's main concept "fusion of horizons" and by Habermas‘ "controlled distancing". |