aesthetics of decay

Aesthetics of decay has been my interest for some time now, it is a friction of the general interest I have towards transformation or architecture and the relevance of history in the contemporary context. I have been gradually documenting different “cases” of decay and that photographic collection, in the future will become a prelude to my further research that takes under supervision processes of decay of buildings and their materiality, as well as conservation methods, making them both topics of the study, as well as the main departure point for artistic/architectural expression.

this semester work on a project of a street exhibition and academic research, are set as a study in order to answer the question: Can modern buildings be designed with consideration for their future lifespan, where decay processes bring new value to the structure, with an approach that a building’s appearance is a consciously designed choreography of changes rather than one fixed aesthetic?

below a small selection from the “atlas” :