Linfonodi critectures

is an independent and non-periodic magazine with a view to explore critical situations variously interconnected to architecture.

[linfonodicritectures-blog]

We are not dead. We were resting for 7 years.

[linfonodicritectures-blog]

http://linfonodi.bigcartel.com

New architecture in Venice Venice is an ever evolving city. Important projects are taking place and others involve the whole territory of the lagoon, but rare are the occasions for a comparison with the local community.

[linfonodicritectures-blog]

COVER IT WITH IVY ON THE FOURTH OF MARCH AT SPAZIO PUNCH IN GIUDECCA, VENEZIA!

[linfonodicritectures-blog]

Perception of new things in the ancient In Italy there is a great fear of new things. What scares are the new things that are and make news, quickly becoming synonyms of bad administration and threat to cultural heritage. Instead, the new architectural works that are silently accepted are restorations and renovations that slowly, little by little, change and “update” the ancient. Are historical centres, as we perceive them today, the models for commercial outlets, or is it the contrary? We are, paradoxically, going through an age in which the ancient is revived, brought back to life and placed in opposition to new things in an illusory and damaging reconstruction of the past.

[linfonodicritectures-blog]

Linfonodi [zero] critectures on reception proposes a critical reflection on the ways contemporary architecture conveys itself and on how it is perceived by the community.

Linfonodi [zero] critectures on reception re-introduces the subject of how architecture is perceived and of the effects of contemporary culture on such field.

[linfonodicritectures-blog]

Linfonodi [zero] critectures on reception under construction at Tipografia Reali in Milano!

[linfonodicritectures-blog]

At the end of the sixties, Hans Robert Jauss, in polemics with formalism, developed a first reflection on his reception theory, a theoretical proposal that aims at reintroducing the subject in literary studies, intended both as reader and author. Such reasoning takes us to W. Benjamin and his “The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility”, where he talks about the importance of the relationship between masses and art works. Benjamin observes that architecture, the art with the oldest history, is always experienced in two ways: through its use, and through its perception.

Image courtesy of: Stefano Soffiato