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February 10 th, 2015 Charles A. Jencks, “Post-Modern Architecture” (Vivian JingYuan Yang) Mark Wigley, The Translation of Architecture (Tess Clancy) Bridge.

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1 February 10 th, 2015 Charles A. Jencks, “Post-Modern Architecture” (Vivian JingYuan Yang) Mark Wigley, The Translation of Architecture (Tess Clancy) Bridge between Jencks and Wigley (Karen Kai-Chun Wang)

2 FormFunction Form Architecture Function Survival Interdisciplinary Profession Form: Deconstruction Function: Rhetoric Language, translation Signs, symbols Architect Builder Artist Professional builder with Artistic intentions Mediator of philosophy & architecture Mediator of semantics, articulator of meaning between subjects and architectural object Architecture as metaphor Architect as schizophrenic

3 Similarities & Differences Multivalent Architecture (Jencks) Deconstruction (Wigley) Continuum between past and present

4 Casa Batlló -Antoni Gaudí (Barcelona, Spain, 1904)

5 Similarities & Differences Multivalent Architecture (Jencks) Deconstruction (Wigley) Signs, symbols, metaphors Continuum between past and present Inherent structure Hybridization to create more meaning

6 Casa Batlló -Antoni Gaudí (Barcelona, Spain, 1904)

7 Similarities & Differences Multivalent Architecture (Jencks) Deconstruction (Wigley) Language & Visual Perception Mediation Hybridization to create more meaning Signs, symbols, metaphors Fragmentati on of structure to logically derive meaning Moving beyond metaphorical representation Repurposin g for plurality Continuum between past and present Inherent structure No absolute truth or aesthetic style Ambiguous meaning

8 Shortcomings Multivalent Architecture (Jencks) Deconstruction (Wigley) Language & Visual Perception “To try their hand at any possible style—ancient, modern, or hybrid”  Promoter of radical eclecticism Language: language is what allows us to think, unveil the structure of our thoughts and arrive at “ultimate truths” Abandonment of cultural heritage of civilization Does an architectural construct need to be defined by a linguistic mediation? Why is architecture bound to language and perception?

9 Architectural style Architect Builder Artist Professional builder with Artistic intentions Philosophical thinker Mediator of semantics, articulator of meaning between subjects and architectural object Prehistoric Classical Medieval Renaissance Neoclassical Art Nouveau Early modernism Post modernism 21 st century styles ??

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