Nature as Paradox (ii) 12/94

Date:         Sun, 11 Dec 1994 21:21:45 CST
Sender:       DESIGN-L "Basic and applied design" (Art and Architecture)
From:         carr0023@gold.tc.umn.edu
Subject:      Nature as Paradox (ii)

M Carr wrote:

 
>As it seems that the lines between architect and engineer and architecture
>and engineering are being used as if they were simultaneous, I would like
>a definition of architecture that excludes engineering with specific
>reference to the nuclear power plant.
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          Gehry    distribution    sub-    Transmission   Electric
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 |in subjective nature \                              in objective nature
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 |\   Nature as chaotic |                                Laws of Nature
 | \___  HUMANITIES  __/|
 |     \____________/   |
 | architectural history|
 | attributes no change |
 | to the picturesque   |
 | observation of the   |
 | landscape, nor to be-|
 | coming a part of the |
 | obervation itself, of|
 | scientific nature    |
 |______________________|

 

 
>At first glane it seems to be at the level of aesthetics...

 
   Yes, International (even universal) Aesthetics

 
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    objective being                                    subjective being
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    nature                                             nature
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     subjective architecture                     objective engineering
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                          economic/political/social

 
                     Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
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    nature                                             nature
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          --------------- subject/object----------------------

 
          (Realm of Architectural Discourse and Design in Nature)
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    nature                       e-state               nature
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     observing                                       observing observation
    objective being                                 (modern self-conscious)