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Live or Survive - Architecture as an allegory of human transcendence.

Year: 2022

Architecture as a representative of human transcendence, exposes a reflective analysis of the constant deconstruction of cultural values, associated with the most progressive ideals of modernity. The economic interdependence and integration of rationalist principles manifested by the Modern Movement, on the correct functioning of the machine, conceived as the maximum ideal, have caused the loss of memory and tradition, which is exemplified in the self complacency and cynicism of current architecture. A decadent future architectural creation will correspond to the continuity of application of the obsolete parameters established by the lack of awareness in the user and the environment. Architecture as an allegory of human transcendence is the fundamental reasoning behind the differentiation of two social parallelisms: real estate merchandise and humanist discipline. In the future, the idiosyncrasy and the way of inhabiting the space will reflect the disciplinary principles of each community; while society continues to obey market reasoning, treating architecture as a capitalist article and using a purist language that does not coincide with the architectural codes of the inhabitants, it will lead to its expiration, on the other hand; its parallel contrast will represent architecture as the analysis that deepens the being and its nature, as essential in the creation of concepts and integration of philosophical principles towards the revelation of architectural elements. The results generated in the application of artificial intelligence (Midjourney), are a way of representing two conceptual parallels of architecture in the future, reflect on our existence and internalize the transcendental concept that we seek as humanity and the importance of our sensory perceptions embodied in the tangible and intangible, turning architecture into the constant questioning of how to preserve our values towards a democratic, sensitive and sustainable city.

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"Surviving Architecture"

A future that rejects its history and conditions the user to survive in a "pure" language sold by the architectural market. Illustrated image as an analogy for the historical element "Pruitt-Igoe" to refer to how architecture can influence social decay and its far-reaching impact.

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"Surviving Architecture"

Social inequality and lack of interest in the past, disdain for public space, architecture used as an advertising product and its subsequent abandonment, submission of nature to technology and obedience to market reasoning.

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"Living architecture"

A place that integrates the user and transports him through his history and culture, formalizing a series of sensory perceptions where architecture is a revealing symbol of human transcendence and its principles as a society.

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"Living architecture"

Cultural return and respect for historical value, the habitat as a form of sensory resolution, integration of the cultural values of a society and philosophy of nature as a revealing element in architecture. ㅤ⠀ㅤㅤ⠀ㅤ⠀ㅤㅤ⠀ㅤ⠀ㅤㅤㅤ⠀ㅤ⠀ㅤㅤㅤ⠀ㅤ⠀ㅤㅤㅤ⠀ㅤ⠀ㅤㅤㅤ⠀ㅤ⠀ㅤㅤㅤ⠀ㅤ⠀ㅤㅤㅤ⠀ㅤ⠀ㅤㅤㅤ⠀ㅤ⠀ㅤㅤㅤ⠀ㅤ⠀ㅤㅤㅤ⠀ㅤ⠀ㅤㅤㅤ⠀ㅤ⠀ㅤㅤㅤ⠀⠀ㅤㅤ⠀⠀ㅤCreated by Sergio Mafla.

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