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Title A Study on the Deconstruction Characteristics of Traditional Space Analyzed by Aesthetic Idea of Lao-tzu
Authors 이종희 ; 김지은
Page pp.56-64
ISSN 12297992
Keywords Lao-tzu ; Derrida ; Deconstruction ; Tao ; differance(differance) ; Traditional Space
Abstract This paper has tried to analyze the characteristics of space in Korean traditional architecture by deconstructive concept through connecting Lao-tzu’s theory, the main discourse of East and West, with Derrida’s deconstructionism theory. Derrida’s philosophical term of differance(differance) is similar to Tao of Lao-tzu. It is because Derrida emphasized the relationships with others by trying the strategy of overcoming dichotomous thinking by this term. Tao of Lao-tzu also has the relative characteristics that cannot be concluded by one sole meaning. Like this, Derrida and Lao-tzu are against traditional and dichotomous way of thinking. In this point of view, this study has set Derrida’s deconstruction theory and Lao-tzu’s thinking as the common viewpoint of this world. And through the phrase of Tao Te Ching which means deconstructive Tao, deconstructive space design vocabulary was derived as mixed no-boundary, shape of no-shape, transcendence of time and space. The deconstructive characteristics of traditional space by case study analysis of Lao-tzu’s deconstructive space design are as follows: First, it is not a specific or detailed shape but an unlimited possibility that can be transformed into something else, moving and changing endlessly and has a borderless beauty. Second, it is nothing itself but creates various shapes, as if it exists without shape. Third, it is a relative and unlimited space and pursuits a free form as a non-conceptional shape without any system or value.