Time and Technology of the Architectural Concept: (Sur)réalité Virtuelle

Abstract

In this text, I thematize the creation of the (architectural) concept and creation with the concept, in order to present a new argument that the production of the object of architecture is a consequence of the creation by concept. The concept translates one form of reality into another. In these deconstructions of reality and the object, we find the potential for ever-novel creation and an always new reality. In the changes of modes of reality, the object always has a new reality. The non-identity created among various forms of existence of a single object creates new ‘potency’ for new objective reality. In the text, I present the phrase “surréalité virtuelle” to express my idea of the creation of the new conceptual potential at the point of absence, lack, or inexistence of the architectural object.