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A “world that no longer belongs to us” by Suzanne Belaieff

But why do we live in a “world that no appears. Today, we are witnessing the together” they spring up in the middle of the
longer belongs to us”, in which we are no “impoverished” version of Contemporary country, they are presumptuous: Museums
longer “at home.” A world without balance Architecture. Architects, in order to stand (of nothing), stations, auditoriums, stadiums,
between ARMO , PROPORTIO and out, have had to build objects that are not offices, and practically EVER houses. The
FU CTIO A IT of the SPACE in proportion with technology: the invention real housing issues of Architecture are not
ong is the list of things that contribute to of the elevator at the end of the 19 century taken into consideration, except as a “private
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the froth on the surface of time. considerably changed the values relating matter” of lesser interest. The forms that
to housing. A safe bet, living in contact these buildings take is a reflection of the
At the end of the 19 century, the architects with the “earth” (ground floor or 1 floor at money with which they were built and not of
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ECORBUSIER GROPIUS VA de RO E most) has become gloomy and oppressive. well thought out functionality. They don’t take
W RIGT wanted to create a new vision of The desire for grandeur, subject to great care of the people. They have no MEMOR ,
the ouse, but today no one even uses the concern in URBA P A I G, is subject do not age and do not engage in any dialogue
word OUSE anymore; abstract words such to the traditional laws of Architecture. The with TIME, they are the reflection of a world
as “building or design” are used, where the disappearance of these elements in the that has ceased to want to exist on earth.
same style is used everywhere, where there second half of the 20 century has caused From now on we have emptiness and
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is nothing to distinguish one place from the widespread application of the “gigantic” indifference: “We have lost the meaning
another, where the constructor is preoccupied all over the world! of things”
with getting rid of all differences, everything With such constructions, that is to say “which
must be identical! do not provide any place to meet and get Excerpts from Places and Dust by R. Peregalli.

GROPIUS wrote as early as 1934:
“A fracture with the Past has opened up
and allows us to individualise a new aspect
of Architecture that corresponds to the
manifestly technical civilisation in which
we live. The morphology of DEAD styles is
hopelessly outdated.”
In fact, ignorance of the past, even as a
heritage to be observed and preserved, is an
obstacle to the creation of a continuous urban
fabric that would link places in harmony;
the impact of ew Architecture creates a
definitive rift.
The “gigantic” has deeply impacted
places; each architect is confronted with
the obligation to create a larger, higher,
more surprising building than that of his
colleagues; “it is said that it is the eroticism
of Architecture at the service of Power”; a
future that has become the present takes
us with it; it carries MO E and POWER like
luxury based on EMPTI ESS.

The change is even clearer ….
The modules used are repetitive and the
materials originate from all over the world.
o matter where we are, we always have
the impression of being in the same place;
currently any so-called contemporary
structure is only a “mediocre” version of this; © depositphotos/rprint-max
in this desolate wasteland of anonymous and
devastating buildings, “the GIGA TES UE”

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