A Anestética da Arquitectura

by Neil Leach, Carla Oliveira (Tradução)

O mundo em especial o mundo urbano reino de delírio e alucinação onde a luz das imagens sobrepostas provoca cegueira tornou-se estetizado e esta estetização resulta numa forma de anestesia diminuindo consequentemente a nossa capacidade crítica. Neil Leach professor de Teoria da Arquitectura parte desta evidência para fazer o ponto da situação no limiar de um novo século usando a arquitectura enquanto objecto exemplificativo da sua tese. Com efeito a arquitectura encontra-se potencialmente comprometida com a estética com a aura de fantasia da imagem e os arquitectos são particularmente sensíveis a uma estética que fetichiza a imagem efémera. Neste mundo embriagante e obcecado da imagem onde todos passamos a maior parte do tempo no interior de criações arquitectónicas a estética da arquitectura ameaça transformar-se na anestética da arquitectura.

Genres: Architecture, Philosophy

168 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Eamon · Rating 2 out of 5]

I truly believe this book helps you theorise and analyse how political and cultural movements define or create the aesthetics and the insensitivity or anaesthetics of art and architecture. My problem with this book is that I think I was hoping to find a more developed argument or maybe a theoretical thinking in which they would expose more than a global argument.

It is true that this book does not focuses ONLY in Architecture, but also on the context and that is what I honestly enjoyed. The book did seem, however, a little redundant to me. Never the less, you do get to learn from the book (maybe more, maybe less… depends on how acquainted you are with the subject). It was recommended to me by BArch Thesis Advisor, and I can honestly say I did learn from the book despite what I said, it is a short book, easy to read, and altogether a good book.

Finally, don't judge this book from my review. Buy it, read it (I'm sure you will learn from it), and develop your own argument.

[Jonathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thank you for making it less about architecture and more about advertising/"aestheticization"/Nazis. It's got a bad attitude - deliberately overreaching.

[AlanCL · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es una acercamiento del concepto de simulacro, visto desde una posición arquitectónica. Es un libro que trata de teorizar la cultura arquitectónica de finales del XX y sobre todo de este siglo.

[Fábio Fonseca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing perspective about the way “image” and aesthetics can influence architecture. It really makes you think about the value of visual communication and how it manipulates you.

[Nick]

Not sure if I'm just too dumb to understand the first 3/4 of the book, but it didn't become what I was expecting it to be about until the last chapter.