#postmodern architechture

[thethirdbear]

[setdeco]

RICHARDO BOFILL, Espaces d‘ Abraxes, Noisy-le-Grand, Île-de-France, Paris, France, 1978-83

[bambamramfan]

This indifference bears witness to how, in postmodernism, parallax is openly admitted, displayed – and, in this way, neutralized: the antagonistic tension between different standpoints is flattened into indifferent plurality of standpoints. “Contradiction” thus loses its subversive edge: in a space of globalized permissiveness, inconsistent standpoints cynically co-exist – cynicism is the reaction of “So what?” to inconsistency. You ruthlessly exploit natural resources and contribute to green causes – so what… Sometimes, the thing itself can serve as its own mask – the most efficient way to obfuscate social antagonisms is to openly display them.

Zizek, the Political Unconscious of Architechture

[setdeco]

PHILIPP JOHNSON, The glass house, New Canaan, Connecticut, USA, 1949