“Contemporary Architectural Problematics: Ecology” - Arredamento Article
Along with modernity, new discussions that emerged from how to intervene in the natural environment on the one hand and how to conserve the natural environment on the other hand, introduce the notion of Ecology that tries to define new modes of relationships to be established with the nature itself. The modern history of this new perception is basically built on the dialectical conflicts of some concepts such as; natural & artificial, transcendental & immanent and exploration & exploitation.The first two subtitles of this text will explain the deadlocks of identifying ecology as a return to a nostalgic Mother Nature that is believed to possess an imaginary totality and exploiting ecology with pseudo-philanthropic apparatuses of the Market. And the last two subtitles will make some naive suggestions about how ecology can be organized by establishing a compromising network ranging from global to the local scale and by crossbreeding the transitory urban and industrial milieu with the natural environment itself.
The first two subtitles of this text will explain the deadlocks of identifying ecology as a return to a nostalgic Mother Nature that is believed to possess an imaginary totality and exploiting ecology with pseudo-philanthropic apparatuses of the Market. And the last two subtitles will make some naive suggestions about how ecology can be organized by establishing a compromising network ranging from global to the local scale and by crossbreeding the transitory urban and industrial milieu with the natural environment itself.
Date: October 2011
Type: Theoretical Essay
Program: publication, research
Client: Arredamento Mimarlık
Author: Gökhan Kodalak
Location:Turkey, Istanbul
Status: Published
