reasearch

Critical Preservation

reaserch paper | December 2019

Critical preservation : towards a conscious approach to future architectural production based on a complex understanding of authenticity and value, in relation to the user experience, passage of time and materiality.

The aim of this paper is to investigate a way in which future architecture development can incorporate the passage of time and decay as a means of creation of aesthetic value. It also analyses changes in social relations that such an approach may cause and its relevance to the modern constraints of sustainable development as well as an appreciation of cultural heritage. Seeking to formulate outlines that will allow multiple solutions to follow under a general design philosophy of critical preservation.
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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” :