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Fixed? Architecture, Incompleteness and Change
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2011-04-07 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2010-08-13 |
| Announcement ID: |
178138 |
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Are buildings fixed objects? At what point is a work of architecture complete? Architects tend to consider a building as finished, fixed, upon the completion of building works. ‘Fixed?’ aims to question this view of architecture. An alternative perspective is that all buildings are incomplete and subject to change over time as the users constantly alter and adapt their surroundings in response to changing cultural and technological conditions. Architecture is appropriated both intentionally and instinctively. Proposals for both theoretical discussion and case-study based papers are invited that engage with or challenge the theme of incompleteness and change across architecture, design and the built environment. Possible strands include:
- changing, transient and adaptive everyday architectures and modern vernaculars
- the afterlife, use, occupation, adaptation and appropriation of ‘fixed’ designed buildings, spaces and places
- architects responses to the challenge of incompleteness and life-cycle design
Submission deadline for abstracts: November 30th 2010
Notification: December 20th 2010
Please send abstracts of no more than 300-words and a short CV. Proceedings to be published.
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