Abstract
In a time, which is often regarded as free of ideology, the role of architecture needs to be reassessed in relation to the decreasing amount of transdisciplinary, regulatory critique in the field and the widening influence of neoliberal influence. Market-imposed attributes cause an erosive shift degrading aesthetic, cultural, programmatic, and if nothing else, critical principles. Therefore, this master thesis highlights neoliberal tendencies regarding both society and politics, and critiques arguments for and against non-ideological architecture as much as articulates a new critique calling to rediscover a transdisciplinary accountability in architecture.
Centred on the moral aspirations of the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, this paper combines a critique of neoliberal ideology, its functional principles and consequential posthumanism, thus concluding a new, pragmatic approach of architectural critique. This Dirty Critique, set in the framework of emerging metamodernism, must not be limited solely to aesthetics – but instead has to consider context, practice, structure and ethics.
Based on the findings of the research, this paper compiles methods and potentials of ideological criticism in the contemporary architectural theory and practice. In conclusion, a new discourse must evolve around reviewing not only the role of architecture in its cultural, social and economic context, but also around renegotiations concerning interdisciplinary terms and notions. In order for architects to regain sovereignty concerning interpretation, action, and also criticism, alternative practices need to be elaborated and established.
Centred on the moral aspirations of the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, this paper combines a critique of neoliberal ideology, its functional principles and consequential posthumanism, thus concluding a new, pragmatic approach of architectural critique. This Dirty Critique, set in the framework of emerging metamodernism, must not be limited solely to aesthetics – but instead has to consider context, practice, structure and ethics.
Based on the findings of the research, this paper compiles methods and potentials of ideological criticism in the contemporary architectural theory and practice. In conclusion, a new discourse must evolve around reviewing not only the role of architecture in its cultural, social and economic context, but also around renegotiations concerning interdisciplinary terms and notions. In order for architects to regain sovereignty concerning interpretation, action, and also criticism, alternative practices need to be elaborated and established.
Translated title of the contribution | Critique of Non-Ideological Architecture |
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Original language | German |
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Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- ideology
- architectural theory
- criticism
- critique
- critique of ideology
- neoliberalism
- Frankfurt School
- economy
- philosophy
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GAD-AWARD-Preis (Grazer Architektur Diplompreis)
Legat, Martina (Recipient), 17 Oct 2006
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