TY - JOUR
T1 - Transdisciplinarity: A New Generation of Architects and Mediocritas
AU - Carta, Silvio
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PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - The discussion about the legitimacy of architecture being an autonomous discipline or a part of an interrelated system of areas of knowledge has been long discussed[i]. This article connects the scenario described by Fraser[ii] and Wigley[iii] where architecture needs to be considered in an expanded field as consequence of the post-critical period, to the work of a new generation of architects whose interest lies on questions that are peripheral to architecture sensu stricto. The type of architecture that emerges in this scenario is characterised by a proclivity towards other disciplines, including politics, economics and social studies. The article presents a series of examples of recent projects and discusses the impact of their approach to architecture. As a conclusion, this paper proposes the notion of mediocritas to establish a right balance between architecture as an autonomous discipline and its contamination with other cultural fields.
AB - The discussion about the legitimacy of architecture being an autonomous discipline or a part of an interrelated system of areas of knowledge has been long discussed[i]. This article connects the scenario described by Fraser[ii] and Wigley[iii] where architecture needs to be considered in an expanded field as consequence of the post-critical period, to the work of a new generation of architects whose interest lies on questions that are peripheral to architecture sensu stricto. The type of architecture that emerges in this scenario is characterised by a proclivity towards other disciplines, including politics, economics and social studies. The article presents a series of examples of recent projects and discusses the impact of their approach to architecture. As a conclusion, this paper proposes the notion of mediocritas to establish a right balance between architecture as an autonomous discipline and its contamination with other cultural fields.
KW - Disciplinarity, Post-critical, Post-modernity,
KW - Mediocritas
UR - http://www.arcc-journal.org/index.php/arccjournal/article/view/399
U2 - 10.17831/enq:arcc.v13i2.399
DO - 10.17831/enq:arcc.v13i2.399
M3 - Article
SN - 2329-9339
VL - 13
SP - 1
EP - 6
JO - Enquiry - The ARCC Journal
JF - Enquiry - The ARCC Journal
IS - 2
ER -