Through different formats such as essay, short story or poem, the issue emcompasses varied approaches to the discussion, going from the religious idealism of XVI century Spain to the foundational elements of modern architecture passing by Piranesi’s drawings and intellectual agenda enquiring Eisenmann’s architectural practice envisioning fictional cities against tourism and reconfiguring real estate literature among others case studies about fiction and reality in architecture. With twelve case studies that range widely in time, geography and culture, CARTHA’s first issue on The Limits of Fiction in Architecture, engages on a discussion on the influence of fiction in the creation of architectural paradigms. ![]() It is in their transcendence that, independently from their factual status, a certain event, person or building becomes significant. Under this perspective neither a negative nor positive connotation could be placed on either fiction or reality, as long as they are relevant for the architectural discipline. From the genesis of architecture fiction is a key component in its constitution, not being necessarily in opposition with reality, but rather complementary and necessary in the process of any project. As a consequence, in the increasing complexity and abstractness of the economic and social structures, the large amount of information available oscillates between fiction and reality, blurring the limits that defines them.Īrchitecture is neither alien to this condition nor only directly relates to it but thrives on it. ![]() In this constant change of focus between perception and information vastly different kinds of truths emerge, often incompatible with one another depending on what we consciously or unconsciously perceive and take as factual.Īs much as this has been a constant throughout history, paradoxically in recent years the polarization of truth coincides with an ever-growing fan of information that is overwhelmingly present in the everyday life. It acts as a filter on the way we perceive reality which simultaneously shapes the way we receive information itself. ![]() Information plays a pivotal role in the conformation of our society.
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