A d r i a n L a b a u t H e r n a n d e z

T h e P r o c e s s
Production of Space
Keywords
Utopy
Thesis
Method
Globalization
Aesthetic
Conceptualization
Spectacle
Superficiality
Neutrality
Image
Morality
Education
Le Corbusier
Limits
Composition
Scale
Atmosphere
Materials
Symbolism
Context
.plan of the present work C O N T E N T S
.what is to be done
.teaching Architecture
.servers of the past
.architecture without Architects
.architecture of the limit
.method of Composition
.basic arguments
.the Process
.scale
.impression, Effect, Atmosphere
.essence
.components
.materials
.openings
.darkness
.quality of Sound
.body’s movement
.about Symbolism and Meaning
.the Context
.unity and Division
Philosophy Architecture

G.B.Piranesi
Theory Ideal Utopy
Thesis:

The events, procedures and results that constitute

the architectonical world can have a common structure
@ OMA
M e a n i n g
 – Radical

– New

– Original

– Principles

D e a d W o r d s – Progress

L e b b e u s W o o d s

– Critical

– Experimental

– Housing

– Genius

– Future
 C o n c e p t I m a g e

OMA. TRES GRANDE BIBLIOTHEQUE BIG. OFFICE TOWER IN NEW YORK

Te a c h i n g A r c h i t e c t u r e
The profession of architecture,
in all its spheres, that is to say
teaching, analysis and building is
very damaged by this society of
spectacle, the problem with this
virus is that is very effective
always and is never perceptible to
the naked eye, even if that eye is
a s s i s t e d b y t h e e a r, i t i s i m m u n e
from human activity and
inaccessible to any review or
correction. At the end the
education of architecture is also in
danger of turning itself into a
universe of speculation.
S e r v e r s o f t h e P a s t
The Colossus of Mount Athos, Macedonia, by Dinocrates, architect
o f A l e x a n d e r t h e G r e a t , a s d r a w n b y J . B . F i s c h e r Vo n E r l a c h , 1 7 2 1 .
 “It is hard to accept the fact that they will actually erect that odd
thing which recently has flooded all of the journals.”
L e C o r b u s i e r w r i t i n g t o Vi k t o r Ve s n i n

Palace of the Soviets, Boris Iofan

The intellectually advanced professionals are often in the brink of becoming
part of the society of spectacle, because it is almost impossible to scape from
it. Then, the individual who in the service of the spectacle is placed in
stardom’s spotlight is in fact the opposite of an individual, and as clearly the
enemy of the individual in himself as of the individual in others.
In entering the spectacle as a model to be identified with, he renounces all
autonomy in order himself to identify with the general law of obedience to the
course of things.
A r c h i t e c t u r e w i t h o u t A r c h i t e c t s
A r c h i t e c t u r e = C o n s t r u c t i o n
A r c h i t e c t u r e o f t h e l i m i t
Huangxing Road – China S h i b u y a – To k y o

T i m e s S q u a r e – N e w Yo r k Piccadilly Circus – London

M e t h o d o f C o m p o s i t i o n
There is a usual mode of creating any composition, but
the method here mentioned is totally conceptual, where
the core and the goal is to enrich the discipline.
 Basic arguments:

1-Architecture is a process without oppositions and consultations.

2-Architecture grows from competition

3-Each Architecture project needs to contribute to the critical nature of

the discipline, and expand it through its value.

4-Architecture should not just be something that follows up on events

but be a leader of events.

5- The process of creation should never be guided by political or moral

terms.

6-Make contributions to theory and practice at the same time.

THE PROCESS
 Steps --------------- Agenda

1- Information interpretation and analysis.

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2- I n t e l l e c t u a l p r o c e s s e s .
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3- Evaluation of the proposal and economical
facts. (not important)
 ABOUT SYMBOLISM AND MEANING
“Leave everything. Leave Dada. Leave your wife. Leave your mistress. Leave your hopes and fears.
Leave your children in the woods. Leave the substance for the shadow. Leave your easy life, leave
what you are given for the future. Set off on the roads.”
Andre Breton
 THE CONTEXT
The building ‘beauty’ needs to go beyond the image, what is important Is trying to find the difference
between the ways of conceptualization the space and its relation whit an infinite number of elements
in the context, a hybrid design will replace politics and moralities, and will successfully work.