Autistic Architecture: The Fall of the Icon and the Rise of the Serial Object of Architecture
Autistic Architecture: The Fall of the Icon and the Rise of the Serial Object of Architecture
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自闭症建筑：标志性建筑的衰落和系列建筑对象的兴起
DOI：
10.1068/d16110
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发表时间：
2011
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M. Kaika
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M. Kaika
在这篇文章中，我概述了一个框架，用于解释旧的平庸化和新的“标志性”企业建筑的扩散的平行过程，作为资本和建筑之间关系质的转变的双面表现。我强调了从地域限制、地域忠诚的城市精英到自由流动的跨国精英的变化，我认为，在20世纪70年代之后，需要制定一套新的建筑规范和使用价值来适应新的城市经济的要求，与此同时，同样迫切需要为新一代精英制定一套新的象征性价值。借鉴Castoriadis的作品，我将建筑概念化为特定时代精英欲望的叙述，并作为在变革时刻建立社会激进想象的关键组成部分。在这个框架内，我认为，尽管他们共同致力于壮观的设计，但当代和早期的企业“图标”之间存在许多显著差异。我认识到当代企业建筑独特的象征、材料和社会角色，我挑战了它们作为“标志性”建筑的身份，并将它们置于一个新的类别中，我称之为“自闭建筑”。
In this contribution I sketch a framework for interpreting the parallel process of banalisation of old and proliferation of new ‘iconic’ corporate architecture as the Janus-faced manifestation of a qualitative shift in the relationship between capital and architecture. Highlighting the change from place-bound, place-loyal urban elites to footloose transnational elites, I argue that after the 1970s the need to develop a new set of building specifications and use values to accommodate the requirements of a new urban economy was matched by an equally pressing need to institute a new set of symbolic values for a new generation of elites. Drawing upon Castoriadis's work, I conceptualise architecture as the narrativisation of the desires of elites during a given era, and as a key component in instituting a society's radical imaginary during moments of change. Within this framework, I argue that despite their common commitment to spectacular design, there are a number of significant differences between contemporary and earlier corporate ‘icons’. Discerning the distinct symbolic, material, and social role of contemporary corporate buildings, I challenge their identification as ‘iconic’ architecture and place them instead under a new category, which I term ‘autistic architecture’.