빈자의 미학/071005

- 승효상

- 미건사 / 960222

- p11. Three criteria for the architecture

Rationality, Placeness, and Timeness

- p25. Fall of Sungsoo Grand Bridge

On a usual day of October 26th, 1994, a vital bridge that crosses Han-river of Seoul suddenly collapsd. A disaster that brought numerous deaths, was not simply a collapse caused by feeble construction. It symbolically represent the collapse of logic and society of Korea today, that singlemindedly pursued economical growth.

- p26. Old map of Seoul

Looking at old maps of Seoul produced in 18th century, it is easy to note the harmony between those beautiful mountains and rivers, and the city which dissolved into the surroundings.

- p29. Our land and the architecture of our era

How are we holding out architecture, with what spirit?

We have inherited a beautiful land but now we are thoroughly violationg it by ceaseless building.

– p45. In a well organized society, there is the spirit of the era that leads and holds the society. This spirit is also the ideology that initiates the cultural creation of society………………….But regretfully, our Sunbi spirit that kept dynasty for 500 years has perished. – p47. A city that doesn’t have living silence finds silence through decadence.  – Max Picard- – p48. In his address accepting the Fritzker Prize in 1980, He mentioned keywords in his architecture. ‘Religion, and Myth, Beauty, Silence, Solitude, Tranquility, Happiness, Death……’ The walls that appear in architecture only limits these virtues, having no meaning by themselves. – Luis Barragan – – p48. Sculptures of Giocometti have such a fragile, thin, and long feeble structure, but they give enormous power and suspense. Why do these skeletal-austere structures seem so beautiful?(A man crossing the squre by Giocometti)  - p49. Writing and Callygraphs of Chusa can not be considered beautiful by looking at each letter. But the beauty generated by the gathering of each letters to be compared to any other writing………………….In his writing, there is an extreme intensively between the letters, dominating the space. – p51. Why do we consider them beautiful?(Chusa, Giocometti……and so on) – p61. Man finds himself only in close relation with solitude. - Luis Barragan – -p 65. Beauty of Poverty

Here, to use is more important than to have, to share than to add, to empty than to fill.

- p 72.  Alberto Campo Baeza’s architectural language, which seem to emulate Giocometti, are light and spcae, the idea constructed in them, and finally the architecture in essence. He also uses small and lesser items to evoke much large lyricism.

- Architecture within City, City within Architecture.

- Disfunction.

- Space of Purposelessness.

- Silence.

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