Zissis Kotionis. The Text as Assemblage

The texts by Professor Zissis Kotionis, a Greek architect and artist, declare two urgencies: on the one hand the needs for theoretical speculation as a support for architectural production, and on the other the need for writing as an indispensable element of design research. The centrality of the te...

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Main Author: Fabiano Micocci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Festival Architettura Edizioni 2019-01-01
Series:Festival dell'Architettura Magazine
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Online Access:https://www.famagazine.it/index.php/famagazine/article/view/172
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Summary:The texts by Professor Zissis Kotionis, a Greek architect and artist, declare two urgencies: on the one hand the needs for theoretical speculation as a support for architectural production, and on the other the need for writing as an indispensable element of design research. The centrality of the text as a project is therefore affirmed. The narrative structure of these texts is made of collections of fragments assembled together, which indicate a multiplicity of operational possibilities rather than codes. It does not matter if they are texts of criticism of architecture, theory or poetry: the same structure is repeated and updated giving new meanings to the process of assembling in form of a text.
ISSN:2039-0491