Fold as a Non-spectacular Event: The Cases of Peter Eisenman′s Rebstockpark Master Plan (1990-1991) and The Aronoff Center for Design and Art (1988-1996)
This article explores how philosopher Gilles Deleuze′s theory of the fold is extended to architectural design, and how such an extension prompts ′event′ in both the conceptual and realistic senses. In doing so, this article conducts two case studies: 1) the Rebstockpark Master Plan (1990-1991), and...
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| description | This article explores how philosopher Gilles Deleuze′s theory of the fold is extended to architectural design, and how such an extension prompts ′event′ in both the conceptual and realistic senses. In doing so, this article conducts two case studies: 1) the Rebstockpark Master Plan (1990-1991), and 2) The Aronoff Center for Design and Art (1988-1996). These two projects have similarities in that both were influenced by a Deleuzian theory of the fold in one way or another, which highlights that the world we live in is not so much homogeneous and fixed but rather multiple and in a perpetual process of becoming. While one can detect the influence of Deleuze′s theory in these Eisenman projects, it becomes more prominent in the latter case′the Aronoff′given that it is a built project in which the architect′s design conception provokes a multitude of events through the entanglement of various individuals′ fabrics of everyday life. By looking at both the conception of the fold proposed by Eisenman, and my habitual encountering with his built project where his theory is actively implemented, I claim that the Deleuzian event is not just a spectacular kind prompted by Eisenman himself, but unfolds in more subtle ways. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbdb087cbc4b4cc5a75cebc339e69bd62023-08-03T09:15:32ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering1347-28522018-09-0117338539210.3130/jaabe.17.38512029203Fold as a Non-spectacular Event: The Cases of Peter Eisenman′s Rebstockpark Master Plan (1990-1991) and The Aronoff Center for Design and Art (1988-1996)Seunghan Paek0Catholic Kwandong UniversityThis article explores how philosopher Gilles Deleuze′s theory of the fold is extended to architectural design, and how such an extension prompts ′event′ in both the conceptual and realistic senses. In doing so, this article conducts two case studies: 1) the Rebstockpark Master Plan (1990-1991), and 2) The Aronoff Center for Design and Art (1988-1996). These two projects have similarities in that both were influenced by a Deleuzian theory of the fold in one way or another, which highlights that the world we live in is not so much homogeneous and fixed but rather multiple and in a perpetual process of becoming. While one can detect the influence of Deleuze′s theory in these Eisenman projects, it becomes more prominent in the latter case′the Aronoff′given that it is a built project in which the architect′s design conception provokes a multitude of events through the entanglement of various individuals′ fabrics of everyday life. By looking at both the conception of the fold proposed by Eisenman, and my habitual encountering with his built project where his theory is actively implemented, I claim that the Deleuzian event is not just a spectacular kind prompted by Eisenman himself, but unfolds in more subtle ways.http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/jaabe.17.385foldeventgilles deleuzepeter eisenmanspectacleeveryday life |
| spellingShingle | Seunghan Paek Fold as a Non-spectacular Event: The Cases of Peter Eisenman′s Rebstockpark Master Plan (1990-1991) and The Aronoff Center for Design and Art (1988-1996) Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering fold event gilles deleuze peter eisenman spectacle everyday life |
| title | Fold as a Non-spectacular Event: The Cases of Peter Eisenman′s Rebstockpark Master Plan (1990-1991) and The Aronoff Center for Design and Art (1988-1996) |
| title_full | Fold as a Non-spectacular Event: The Cases of Peter Eisenman′s Rebstockpark Master Plan (1990-1991) and The Aronoff Center for Design and Art (1988-1996) |
| title_fullStr | Fold as a Non-spectacular Event: The Cases of Peter Eisenman′s Rebstockpark Master Plan (1990-1991) and The Aronoff Center for Design and Art (1988-1996) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fold as a Non-spectacular Event: The Cases of Peter Eisenman′s Rebstockpark Master Plan (1990-1991) and The Aronoff Center for Design and Art (1988-1996) |
| title_short | Fold as a Non-spectacular Event: The Cases of Peter Eisenman′s Rebstockpark Master Plan (1990-1991) and The Aronoff Center for Design and Art (1988-1996) |
| title_sort | fold as a non spectacular event the cases of peter eisenman s rebstockpark master plan 1990 1991 and the aronoff center for design and art 1988 1996 |
| topic | fold event gilles deleuze peter eisenman spectacle everyday life |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.3130/jaabe.17.385 |
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