{"id":5630,"date":"2015-09-24T13:52:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T11:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/proyectosarquitectonicos\/?p=5630"},"modified":"2015-09-30T13:54:47","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T11:54:47","slug":"conferencia-divining-the-future-markella-menikou-y-adonis-cleanthous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/proyectosarquitectonicos\/2015\/09\/24\/conferencia-divining-the-future-markella-menikou-y-adonis-cleanthous\/","title":{"rendered":"Conferencia: \u00abDivining the Future\u201d. Markella Menikou \/ Adonis Cleanthous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Markella Menikou y Adonis Cleanthous dirigen \u00abDivining the Future\u201d, unidad diploma (4\u00ba y 5\u00ba curso) de la Escuela de Arquitectura de Nicosia (Chipre).<br \/>\nSus investigaciones incluyen tecnolog\u00eda y sistemas prefabricados como lenguaje experimental de la arquitectura:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand technology as a lens through which the world is viewed and as such the design of that lens may enhance our engagement with the world. Our work aims to foresee and dream of the future; a utopian or a dystopian future.<\/p>\n<p>We consider \u2018technology\u2019 on both a theoretical\/conceptual level, as well as on an operation\/performance level. We do not approach technology as simply building technology, but rather as a synergy between the actual \u2018nuts and bolts\u2019 and the experiential\/non-physical qualities of architecture. Technology is an inseparable part of the equation of architecture.<\/p>\n<p>We search for a technologically inspired, instrumental architecture against the tyrannies of form and obsessive value in image and novelty:\u00a0 Instrumental architecture aims towards a \u2018superlative of capability\u2019 which contradicts the reductive nature of functionalism, as functionalism approaches the idea of purpose quite narrowly.<\/p>\n<p>We aim to resurrect the Vitruvian paradigm of \u2018firmitas, utilitas and venustas\u2019 in a contemporary political, socio-economic, cultural and environmental context;\u00a0 and into the future\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Markella Menikou y Adonis Cleanthous dirigen \u00abDivining the Future\u201d, unidad diploma (4\u00ba y 5\u00ba curso) de la Escuela de Arquitectura de Nicosia (Chipre). Sus investigaciones incluyen tecnolog\u00eda y sistemas prefabricados como lenguaje experimental de la arquitectura: \u201cWe understand technology as a lens through which the world is viewed and as such the design of that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1037,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,6606,306],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conferencias","category-generallll","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/proyectosarquitectonicos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/proyectosarquitectonicos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/proyectosarquitectonicos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/proyectosarquitectonicos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1037"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/proyectosarquitectonicos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5630"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/proyectosarquitectonicos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5632,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/proyectosarquitectonicos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5630\/revisions\/5632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/proyectosarquitectonicos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/proyectosarquitectonicos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ua.es\/proyectosarquitectonicos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}