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ПРАЗНИОТ ЗНАК ВО МОДЕРНАТА АРХИТЕКТУРА
The Empty Sign in Modern Architecture

Author(s): Vangel Nonevski
Subject(s): Cultural Essay
Published by: Институт за македонска литература
Keywords: semantics; empty signifier; free interpretation; modern art; public space; modern architecture; experience; architectural event

Summary/Abstract: This paper is based on the poststructuralist and deconstructivist practices of interpretation in modern art, which is understood as an empty signifier that opens up potentially infinite possibilities for free interpretation. After all, the credo of modern art is to be open to a variety of interpretations. The main challenge of the paper is the applicationof these practices in the field of modern architecture, whose primary goal is to be functional. However, accordingto Umberto Eco and Roland Barthes, as soon as there is any cultural and social function, it immediately becomes a signifier. Thus, the equivalent of free interpretation in the domain of modern architecture becomes free experience. Public space should be arranged in such a way as to force its resident/user to “participate in the design”, as ManfredoTafuri puts it. The ultimate goal of this understanding of modern architecture is to try to turn urban life into an event.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 55-64
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Macedonian