Philosophy of Architectural Figures
Апстракт
Following Lyotard’s deconstruction of the opposition between the discursive and the figural, the
construction “philosophy of architectural figures” would include the intention to depart from the
problem of order between the two. If, instead of the question what is discursive in the figural or
what is figural of the discursive, the question of the “whole” is asked, then the meaning of the
position “between” the discourse and the figure – the discursive content and the figural materiality
– would be found in what resists (discursive and/or figural) representation. Architecturally
speaking, we can always talk about the conceptual materiality or the projected immateriality of
architectural figures. The figure tends to elude discourse or mere representation through the
philosophy of concepts. But it also insists on the simultaneous presence of the textual. The
play between the materiality of language (which cannot be reduced to the phenomenological)
and the certain phenomenology o...f the figure (which cannot be fully translated into linguistic
concepts) is close to “desire” itself. More precisely, it becomes the most extreme form of desire.
The idea to speak simultaneously about the absence of the figurative in figuration and the textual
presence by the “body of words” – through a series of short sequences, that is, figures – is close
to Lyotard’s comma between the discourse and figure. By dividing or linking the two words, this
comma introduces an element of “incommensurability” that seeks to insinuate the radicality that
allowed the term “figure” to enter the discourse. On the other hand, placing a comma begins the
deconstruction of the word figure. This is why we construct sequences with “commas” that do not
aim to explain anything but to inspire philosophers to see architectural figures. At the same time,
these sequences open up the possibility for the architect to assign movement to architectural
figures through the body of words. The idea to use text for confirming architectural possibility
of the final materiality of the architectural concept at the same time represents an opportunity
for philosophy to explore the materiality of words. Invoking what cannot be represented, the
figural destabilizes the boundaries of the representable, that is, the boundaries of the discursive,
striving to finally merge with it.
Кључне речи:
Lyotard / philosophy / architecture / discourse / figureИзвор:
Philosophy of Architecture : book of abstracts / [Tenth International Multimedia Event] On Architecture, Belgrade 2022], 2022Издавач:
- Belgrade : STRAND - Sustainable Urban Society Association
Институција/група
Arhitektonski fakultetTY - CONF AU - Vesnić, Snežana PY - 2022 UR - https://raf.arh.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1988 AB - Following Lyotard’s deconstruction of the opposition between the discursive and the figural, the construction “philosophy of architectural figures” would include the intention to depart from the problem of order between the two. If, instead of the question what is discursive in the figural or what is figural of the discursive, the question of the “whole” is asked, then the meaning of the position “between” the discourse and the figure – the discursive content and the figural materiality – would be found in what resists (discursive and/or figural) representation. Architecturally speaking, we can always talk about the conceptual materiality or the projected immateriality of architectural figures. The figure tends to elude discourse or mere representation through the philosophy of concepts. But it also insists on the simultaneous presence of the textual. The play between the materiality of language (which cannot be reduced to the phenomenological) and the certain phenomenology of the figure (which cannot be fully translated into linguistic concepts) is close to “desire” itself. More precisely, it becomes the most extreme form of desire. The idea to speak simultaneously about the absence of the figurative in figuration and the textual presence by the “body of words” – through a series of short sequences, that is, figures – is close to Lyotard’s comma between the discourse and figure. By dividing or linking the two words, this comma introduces an element of “incommensurability” that seeks to insinuate the radicality that allowed the term “figure” to enter the discourse. On the other hand, placing a comma begins the deconstruction of the word figure. This is why we construct sequences with “commas” that do not aim to explain anything but to inspire philosophers to see architectural figures. At the same time, these sequences open up the possibility for the architect to assign movement to architectural figures through the body of words. The idea to use text for confirming architectural possibility of the final materiality of the architectural concept at the same time represents an opportunity for philosophy to explore the materiality of words. Invoking what cannot be represented, the figural destabilizes the boundaries of the representable, that is, the boundaries of the discursive, striving to finally merge with it. PB - Belgrade : STRAND - Sustainable Urban Society Association C3 - Philosophy of Architecture : book of abstracts / [Tenth International Multimedia Event] On Architecture, Belgrade 2022] T1 - Philosophy of Architectural Figures UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raf_1988 ER -
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Vesnić, S.. (2022). Philosophy of Architectural Figures. in Philosophy of Architecture : book of abstracts / [Tenth International Multimedia Event] On Architecture, Belgrade 2022] Belgrade : STRAND - Sustainable Urban Society Association.. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raf_1988
Vesnić S. Philosophy of Architectural Figures. in Philosophy of Architecture : book of abstracts / [Tenth International Multimedia Event] On Architecture, Belgrade 2022]. 2022;. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raf_1988 .
Vesnić, Snežana, "Philosophy of Architectural Figures" in Philosophy of Architecture : book of abstracts / [Tenth International Multimedia Event] On Architecture, Belgrade 2022] (2022), https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_raf_1988 .