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Call for papers Revista de Arquitectura N.º 47. 

Ways of looking at architectural sustainability + FREE THEME

 

Deadline for receipt of articles:  September 10, 2024

Guidelines for authors: https://dearquitectura.uchile.cl/index.php/RA/about/submissions

From the mechanical to the plastic

Authors

  • Javier de Esteban Garbayo Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

The awareness of a society in constant transformation and acceleration has been a characteristic factor since modernity. In the realm of housing, the philosophy behind the notion of flexibility is rooted, precisely, on the will to incorporate the variable of time to achieve a suitable adaptation of the space to the changing needs of the inhabitants. Its own condition also denotes an evolutionary nature, closely linked to the transformation of the society (cultural, economical, social, etc.). The main goal of the article, given this nature, is to classify the most significant strategies around the concept of flexibility during last century, in order to broaden its meaning and to encourage original interpretations. We will observe that the dialectic between the determined and the indeterminate shows a tension between the ideals and the real occupation of space, while the initial search for a generic space as ideal of housing is replaced by the reconsideration of its individuality.

Keywords:

Flexibility, Plasticity, Time, Generic space, Individuality