Diagramming the Topology of Technology and Architecture in the 21st Century
Abstract
The research aims to address the existence of neoliberal policies in contemporary architectural production from an onto-political perspective. In Deleuze's ontology, the movement between the self and the other is established between the architect-subject and the ideological other. This relation is explored through the technique's being the object or subject of thought. In this context, the choices made by the architect-subject within the ethical framework are evaluated as active and passive and read through the symbolic plane it externalizes. The active and passive positionings of architectural thought reconstruct the professional boundaries of architecture. The surface formed by the movement of the relationship between the architect-subject and the ideological other on the temporal axis establishes the topology of technology-architecture thought.
Keywords
Diagram, topology, technology, architecture, neoliberalism
Thanks
This article, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Graduate School of Architecture, Institute of Science Master's Degree, completed in February 2024 in the Department of Architectural Design.
The article complies with national and international research and publication ethics. Ethics Committee approval was not required for the study.
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