Abstract
The building process of engineering works has been considered from the point of view of art for its technical character and often referred to the dialectic between utility and beauty, both by engineers and art historians. In a world where everything is technical, concepts such as shape, type, process and certain guidelines or specific goals related to lightness, strictness and superfluity are introduced. Then the large size of these works is taken into consideration, for they exceed the scale of man and his relationship with the territory, summarized as landscape. Here the confrontation with nature is introduced and the contribution of the sublime and picturesque as ways of interpreting and valuing the works. With the introduction of the meanings and concept of cultural landscape, the necessity to consider engineering from a phenomenological perspective is concluded, stressing the importance of ‘where’ to understand their peculiarities.
Highlights
Las acciones y productos del habitar propios de la ingeniería civil se otorgan de una manera característica, similar pero no idéntica a otras actividades del hombre
TOWARD AN ESTHETIC OF ‘WHERE’ The building process of engineering works has been considered from the point of view of art for its technical character and often referred to the dialectic between utility and beauty, both by engineers and art historians
París: Presses Universitaires de France, Fecha de recepción: 05-IX-2014 Fecha de aceptación: 03-XI-2014
Summary
La manera de construir propia de la ingeniería ha sido considerada por el arte a partir de su carácter técnico y a menudo referida a la dialéctica utilidad-belleza, tanto por los propios ingenieros como por los historiadores del arte. TOWARD AN ESTHETIC OF ‘WHERE’ The building process of engineering works has been considered from the point of view of art for its technical character and often referred to the dialectic between utility and beauty, both by engineers and art historians. The confrontation with nature is introduced and the contribution of the sublime and picturesque as ways of interpreting and valuing the works. With the introduction of the meanings and concept of cultural landscape, the necessity to consider engineering from a phenomenological perspective is concluded, stressing the importance of ‘where’ to understand their peculiarities.
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