Current Dichotomies: Seven Reminders to Contemporary Architects

Marcelo Spina

doi:10.4148/2378-5853.1525

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Current Dichotomies: Seven Reminders to Contemporary Architects

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- Marcelo Spina
- P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S

Abstract

Ever since Robert Venturi’s influential book Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, the word complexity has been in the horizon of architecture as a form of imaginative progress and cultural relevance. In the mid 80s and under the influence of the post-structuralist work of Jacques Derrida, the deconstructive project in architecture aimed to create visual complexity through formal collision, fragmentation, and dislocation of existing canons.

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How to Cite: Spina, M. (2014) “Current Dichotomies: Seven Reminders to Contemporary Architects”, Oz. 36(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5853.1525