From Vitruvius to Instagram: New methodologies for architectural analysis

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https://doi.org/10.5821/jida.2020.9337

Abstract

Given the emergence and consolidation of diverse digital sources of architecture dissemination, this course proposes the incorporation of these to the analysis of buildings and projects. The implementation of a methodology based on the analysis of visual and textual content, collaborates in the understanding of architecture as a medial construction in which representations and interpretations directly influence how we appreciate and value the built environment. This tool is put into practice in the study of postmodern referents, in an attempt to reverse their negative reputation in comparison with the flattered works of the modern movement. The proposal consisted of a case study organized in three phases that allowed the comprehensive understanding of the buildings from a theoretical and academic point of view, as well as from the perception and experience of visitors and users who express themselves through different platforms.

Author Biography

Beatriz Coeffé Boitano, Universidad de Chile Universidad San Sebastián

Architect (2014) and Postgraduate diploma in Editorial Design of the Universidad de Chile. Master of Arts in Arts and Cultural Management at King’s College London (2018). Director of Local Editorial and Grupo Arquitectura Caliente. Academic at the Architectura Department at the Universidad de Chile, and Professor of the Architecture School of the Universidad San Sebastián.

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2020-11-04

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