A Peripheral Moment
Experiments in Architectural Agency. Croatia 1990-2010
Published on 15. November 2010
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-84-92861-57-6 (ISBN)
Description
Dieses Buch ist ein Bericht über den peripheren Moment, ein sehr produktives Jahrzehnt architektonischen Experimentierens in Kroatien, das zwischen dem gewaltsamen Zerfall Jugoslawiens und der langsamen Integration in die Europäische Union stattfand. Mit dem vollkommenen Kollaps jeglicher Stadtplanung, der starken Senkung staatlicher Bauprogramme und dem Fehlen privater Investoren sahen sich die Architekten gezwungen, eine ganze Reihe neuartiger Planungsmethoden zu entwickeln. Ivan Rupnik führt den Leser zu den Anfängen dieser bizarren und faszinierenden Architekturszene, die ganz am Rand des vereinigten Europas entstand. Das Werk ist aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln konzipiert: Es beinhaltet Beobachtungen zur Gegenwart von Kenneth Frampton, Aaron Betsky, Stefano Boeri, Manuel Gausa und Hans Ibelings aus der Perspektive der Zeitstimmung, die von der komplexen Identität Kroatiens nach Sozialismus und Krieg bestimmt war, und der Stellung des Architektenberufs in diesem Kontext, Bemerkungen zu den Praktiken, die während dieser ausgedehnten Periode architektonischen Experimentierens aufkamen, und eine Reihe von Diskussionen mit einigen der wichtigsten kulturellen Agitatoren des peripheren Moments: 3LHD, njiric +, Randic - Turato und STUDIO UP.
A comprehensive account of the recent architectural scene in Croatia, this book is an account of the highly productive decade of architectural experimentation in Croatia lodged between the violent break-up of Yugoslavia and their slow integration into the EU. Ivan Rupnik guides the reader through the emergence of this bizarre and fascinating architectural scene on the very edge of united Europe, utilizing Ljubo Karaman's theory of the periphery as a distinct space of artistic production from that of the center or province, Manfredo Tafuri's concept of architectural experimentation, as well contemporary notions of agency. The account is framed using a variety of different lenses, including the observations of this moment by renowned writers, through the atmosphere of the period as defined by Croatia's complex post-socialist/postwar identity and the subsequent positioning of the architectural profession vis-a-vis that context, the practices that emerged, and through a series of discussions with some of the peripheral moment's primary agent provocateurs: 3LHD, njiric +, Randic - Turato, and STUDIO UP.
A comprehensive account of the recent architectural scene in Croatia, this book is an account of the highly productive decade of architectural experimentation in Croatia lodged between the violent break-up of Yugoslavia and their slow integration into the EU. Ivan Rupnik guides the reader through the emergence of this bizarre and fascinating architectural scene on the very edge of united Europe, utilizing Ljubo Karaman's theory of the periphery as a distinct space of artistic production from that of the center or province, Manfredo Tafuri's concept of architectural experimentation, as well contemporary notions of agency. The account is framed using a variety of different lenses, including the observations of this moment by renowned writers, through the atmosphere of the period as defined by Croatia's complex post-socialist/postwar identity and the subsequent positioning of the architectural profession vis-a-vis that context, the practices that emerged, and through a series of discussions with some of the peripheral moment's primary agent provocateurs: 3LHD, njiric +, Randic - Turato, and STUDIO UP.