| Title |
A Critique on the Positivistic Rhetoric and Sophistication of the Architectural Discourses in 1990s |
| Keywords |
Fold ; Positivistic Intellectualism ; Rhetoric ; Sophistication ; Criticism |
| Abstract |
The evolution of the 'new' architecture in 1990s had been prompted by the theory of fold as a morphology and positivistic intellectualism as a methodology. With the publication of Folding in Architecture in 1993, the new paradigm of 'becoming' replaced that of compositional complexity as the formal gesture. Hence the overriding conceptualizations of 1990s' architecture such as form-process idea and univocal chain 'from data to diagram'. The 'Critique' of this research, from the viewpoint of kritische theorie, aims at the explication of the inconsistency or discrepancy between the discourses and the design practices. It is mainly focussed on the sophistication and positivistic rhetoric of the architectural discourses in 1990s. The positivistic rhetoric and sophistication came from the fissure between the advanced concepts and the techniques to make them real. Hence the anachronistic representation, obstinate causality, and the redundant references. The critique is also intending the evocation of thinking the physical and tangible quality and the real operation of architecture. |