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BERNARD TSCHUMI
Manhattan Transcripts
In Lacan’s theory, there are
personal identity, social identity
and unconscious. According to
this trilogy, we have both our
desires and the society around
us so we have “ego” but we are
restricted by norms and our
socially constructed identity. He
implies “city” by using the
phrase “social identity” here.
https://www.tumblr.com/search/manhattan%20transcripts
If we look for a clue in his works
which reflects the “desire”, we
can say that “Manhattan
Transcripts” is a good example
because we can see his
advocacy
of
the
“event
architecture” by considering the
notion of “desire”. In his work,
Tschumi utilizes the photographs
and drawings and some
juxtapositions in order to tell the
experiences themselves because
it is hard to understand to just
look at the drawings; we should
understand and feel the
experience there.
He has photographs of soldiers,
skaters, football players and on
the other side, he has traces of
the movements of them. He
somehow juxtapositions them in
order
to
produce
event
architecture disregarding the
programs
of
the
places
themselves. Each movement
creates its own time and space.
http://emperors.kucjica.org/event-and-movement-in-architecture/
https://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/final-exam-slides/deck/6472613
BEYOND ARCHITECTURE | SUMMER 2015 | ISSUE 1