Arquitectura gizmo, o cómo Ofis arhitekti reelaboran la idea de la estética arquitectónica : [Gizmo architecture, or how Ofis arhitekti Rework the idea of aesthetics in architecture]

• With the Republic of Slovenia declaring its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991 Slovenia became an honourable member of the world of late capitalism, and in 2004 a member of the European Union. It was what you might call a soft revolution; no long and bloody wars were fought, as we know from the picture books of history. What was once put on hold during the era of President Josi Broz Tito (from 1943 till 1980), namely a society under the guidance of capitalism, was with one declaration of independence invited to take control. The question was not how can we start from scratch and reinvent a new society, clearing the landscape of all existing values, including those of Communism and capitalism. No, the question was how Slovenia could quickly and efficiently make a great leap forward via a return to capitalism. The only complication was that, knocking at the door, late capitalism had converted itself from an industrial to a post-industrial global information society. The classical city, defined in the past as a collective space, had given way to a more private, more commercial city where shopping, tourism and the media changed the very definition of the city and its architecture. In dealing with the urban atomisation of advanced capitalism, the disintegration of social and spatial units, and a culture of sprawl with incidental wonders built by star architects, Slovenia had to look and go abroad something she had already benefited from in the past due to her proximity to neighbouring countries Austria and Italy.               

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Arkitektur (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Architecture (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Slovenian architecture

Gizmo

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