The Context Debate: An Archaeology

Esin Komez-Daglioglu

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    Abstract

    Context is a crucial concept in architecture in spite of the frequent ambiguity around its use. Although the consideration of context is intrinsic to the process of architectural design, in contemporary theory, little attention is paid to it. By way of contrast, in the 1950s, various architects, theorists, and teachers cultivated several perspectives on context as a way of addressing some of the ill effects of modern architectural orthodoxy. Although a topic of layered and productive debate in the post-war years, context fell into disrepute in the critical architectural discourse of the 1980s. This paper provides an archaeology of the “context debate” in the hope that it may be possible to reveal its forgotten dimensions and flexibility.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)266-279
    JournalArchitectural Theory Review (online)
    Volume20
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

    Keywords

    • autonomy
    • context
    • contextualism
    • new architectural pragmatism
    • postmodernism
    • OA-Fund TU Delft

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