Translation and/or representation
Thinking, looking at, drawing, building... architecture is always proposing shifts from abstract territories (digital or mental) to material bodies. This information transfer needs some synthesis to be done within its associated representation. Just like in Borges’ maps, what is the point...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ediciones ARQ
2006-08-01
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| Series: | ARQ |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-69962006000200005 |
| Summary: | Thinking, looking at, drawing, building... architecture is always proposing shifts from abstract territories (digital or mental) to material bodies. This information transfer needs some synthesis to be done within its associated representation. Just like in Borges’ maps, what is the point of representation if there is no interpretation involved?.<br>Pensar, mirar, dibujar, construir... la arquitectura plantea un traspaso del campo abstracto (¿digital o mental?) a un tejido material; la representación, asociada a esa transferencia de información, necesita de cierta síntesis. Recordando el mapa de Borges, ¿cuál es el punto de una representación indiscriminada, que no omite ningún aspecto de su modelo?. |
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| ISSN: | 0716-0852 0717-6996 |