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The Status of the Categories of the Virtual and the Real in Contemporary Architecture and Urban Design

Korolija Fontana-Giusti, Gordana (2005) The Status of the Categories of the Virtual and the Real in Contemporary Architecture and Urban Design. In: CATH 2005 Conference "Ethics and Politics of Virtuality and Indexicality", 1 July 2005, University of Leed, Bradford site. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:10618)

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Abstract

This paper proposes a theoretical examination of the notions of the virtual, the real and the indexical in contemporary urban design within the context of the author's work that spans from architectural history and theory via contemporary critical theory to urban theory.

The paper critically examines the status of various claims and compares this condition with the similar phenomena in the domain of representation in the past. The comparison is made with the emergence of perspectival representation and the urban theory in the fifteenth century,and their subsequent dissemination that have determined the production of architecture around Europe. These events had profoundly changed the urban landscape of Europe, by means of the 'virtual' and representational categories.

Item Type: Conference or workshop item (Paper)
Additional information: This paper was presented at the CATH 2005 conference called "Ethics and Politics of Virtuality and Indexicality" organised by Griselda Pollock, University of Leeds
Uncontrolled keywords: perspective, real, virtual, architectural drawings,ethics and architecture
Subjects: N Visual Arts > N Visual arts (General). For photography, see TR
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BH Aesthetics
N Visual Arts > NX Arts in general
N Visual Arts > NA Architecture
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > Kent School of Architecture and Planning
Funders: Arts and Humanities Research Council (https://ror.org/0505m1554)
Depositing User: Gordana Fontana-Giusti
Date Deposited: 30 May 2009 07:28 UTC
Last Modified: 12 Jul 2022 10:39 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/10618 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Korolija Fontana-Giusti, Gordana.

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4725-3753
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