Dear Edge Condition,
when I was asked to write an essay for
Edge Condition about my practice and about the theoretical basis that
stands at the origin of it I
consciously bypassed the theme of a possible relation between what I
was going to say and the condition of 'being on the edge'.
In
other words in my article I never directly
detailed anything
related
to
'the
vocation and activity of those positioned on the fringe of the formal
architecture sector
', as Twitter bio of Edge Condition says, or, to say it better, at
least in my opinion, I draw a picture of a theory and a practice of a
designer that tries to be exactly in
the middle
of 'the formal architecture sector'.
Consciously.
But
as Thomas Hardy well knew, any written piece says many things more
than what the conscious will of the writer thinks.
This
thought has inhabited my mind in all these weeks after the issue of
the magazine, till the moment when I realized that all the
architecture sector is permanently
and definitely
'on the edge', as an inner and even constituent 'condition' of the
discipline.
I
say this because more and more architecture is a multi-related
discipline, due to technology, engineering, sustainability and more,
but also because architecture, since the beginning of time, has
always been related to psychology, memory, behaviour, rite, even more
than knowledge of materials or geometry.
We
are all in an edge condition because it is towards all the edges of
the discipline that we have to look to find a more poignant reason
for architecture itself, to find a true basis for our buildings and
societies, and to put together in a dignified way all this 'mess'
that is always related to architecture and that is just
faintly defined by
a great series of related, parallel and bordering disciplines.
I
think the idea that is at the basis of the magazine is thus
fundamental for the future of architecture as it explicitly (and
consciously) highlights that we have, as designers, to care for all
the edges of our main field to reach an authentic result in what we
design and do.
Maybe
architecture is not only interrelated to a myriad of other
disciplines but more and more less definite as a field of knowledge.
Maybe architects today can be web designers, virtual designers, movie
makers and more.
But
even in
the middle
of 'the formal architecture sector' it's paying attention to all
these edges
that makes our discipline true and authentic, human-related and truly
life-enhancing.
Being
on an edge condition is a good starting point for the architect of
the 21st
century
Bruno
Tonelli
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