Abstract

FUENTES-FARIAS, Francisco Javier. Complexity and constructivism in the new tradition of post-war architecture. Rev. Arquit. [online]. 2019, vol.21, n.1, pp.34-43.  Epub May 28, 2019. ISSN 1657-0308.  https://doi.org/10.14718/revarq.2019.21.1.1496.

In addition to architecture, other disciplines have been interested in the intangible, symbolic, or socio-cultural aspects of built space, looking for theoretical tools for their study. This paper questions the scope of modernism as a change of theories and concepts about space and time, categories that are compared with other key concepts regarding the meaning given to inhabited places, as well as human and corporal experiences in them. What are the achievements in attempting to express or manifest sensitive, emotional, subjective, and symbolic experiences in urban and architectural spaces? The paper identifies concepts referring to the subjective or mental life of people in their interaction with urban and architectural spaces, such as the act of inhabiting, imaginaries, spatiality meaning, etc., which can be examined as cognitive processes, according to different currents in architecture, which integrate neurosciences, cognitive sciences, and phenomenology, among others, from a constructivist perspective, different from Cartesian dualism.

Keywords : Modern movement; cultural landscape; social representation; symbolism; architectural theory.

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