Architecture as Currency

Villa, Riccardo Matteo

doi:10.4067/S0717-69962019000200064

Record link:

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/16421

Title:

Architecture as Currency

Citation:

Villa, R. M. (2019). Architecture as Currency. ARQ, 102, 64–69. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0717-69962019000200064

Publisher DOI:

10.4067/S0717-69962019000200064

CatalogPlus:

AC17203635

Publication Type:

Article - Original Research Article

Language:

English; Spanish

Authors:

Villa, Riccardo Matteo

Organisational Unit:

E259-04 - Forschungsbereich Architekturtheorie und Technikphilosophie

Journal:

ARQ

ISSN:

0716-0852

Date (published):

Aug-2019

Number of Pages:

Publisher:

UNIVERSIDAD CATóLICA DE CHILE, FACULTAD DE ARQUITECTURA

Peer reviewed:

Yes

Keywords:

speculation; critique; design; essay; competition

Abstract:

When it comes to uncertainty about the future, architectural competitions and the real estate market are the spaces of speculation par excellence. Departing from this idea, the following article shows how competitions – by developing and recycling architectural forms – favor the accumulation of capital within the office, since without a final destination projects are increasingly resembling money.

Link (external):

https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-69962019000200064&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=en

License:

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0