According to the "Autonomous Architecture" article in "The Harvard Architecture Review" the definition of autonomous architecture is essentially this: freedom and independence of within a set of rules. These set rules are derived from architectural history and it is completely separate from any personal characteristics of individual architects.
This is interesting since it seems like most architects today seem to be seeking their own liberation that walks a tightrope made of building codes enforced by governments. I wonder how many architecture students today are walking the tightrope because their studio professors almost force them to and instea, find comfort in studying architectural history and using the ancients' laws of beauty and geometry of forms to develop their own designs.
I think all of this can tie into our interpretations of the two quotes at the beginning of Jeffrey Kipnis's "Drawing a Conclusion."
"The object of architectural knowledge is architecture itself, as it has been historically constituted. It does not consist of abstract functions, but of concrete forms." Alan Colquhoun, Essays in Architectural Criticism, Oppositions Books
".. .we believe that any vital and relevant architecture relies on the prior development of theory." From the introductory editorial to Autonomous Architecture, The Harvard Architecture Review. v. 3
This is interesting since it seems like most architects today seem to be seeking their own liberation that walks a tightrope made of building codes enforced by governments. I wonder how many architecture students today are walking the tightrope because their studio professors almost force them to and instea, find comfort in studying architectural history and using the ancients' laws of beauty and geometry of forms to develop their own designs.
I think all of this can tie into our interpretations of the two quotes at the beginning of Jeffrey Kipnis's "Drawing a Conclusion."
"The object of architectural knowledge is architecture itself, as it has been historically constituted. It does not consist of abstract functions, but of concrete forms." Alan Colquhoun, Essays in Architectural Criticism, Oppositions Books
".. .we believe that any vital and relevant architecture relies on the prior development of theory." From the introductory editorial to Autonomous Architecture, The Harvard Architecture Review. v. 3
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