Fidel Meraz Fidel.Meraz@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Architecture
Based on Graham Harman's original interpretation of Heidegger's concepts of ready-to-hand (Zuhandenheit) and present-at-hand (Vorhandenheit) (Harman, 2002), this essay looks for the consequences of such an analysis applicable to an existentially revealing attitude of a designing-research. Discerning more clearly both possibilities, I seek to make them tangible in the profession of architecture where the scientific – theorising – attitude conceals the benefits of the more thoughtless one with which beings – human and non-human – find their place.
First, I briefly interpret the two Heideggerian concepts with Harman's approach. Second, I relate them to the attitude I call designing-research. Third, I acknowledge – with this attitude – the influence of the things of the world on design. In conclusion, I suggest the abandonment of authorship as an issue that the architect should worry about. Instead, I imagine the attitude of designing-research as the poetic making of our continuous nesting in the world.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 21, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | Aug 27, 2020 |
Publication Date | Aug 27, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Aug 20, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | Sep 28, 2020 |
Journal | Arteoficio |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Issue | 15 |
Keywords | attitude, authorship, design-research |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/5201197 |
Publisher URL | http://www.revistas.usach.cl/ojs/index.php/arteoficio/index |
Ensayo-Hacia Un Estar-a-la-mano-la Investigacio ?n-disen ?adora Como Actitud En Arquitectura-ARBITRADA
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