Xenoaesthetics
A Posthumanist Approach to Architectural Encounter
Seiten
2026
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-51503-1 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-51503-1 (ISBN)
- Noch nicht erschienen (ca. August 2026)
- Versandkostenfrei
- Auch auf Rechnung
- Artikel merken
An exploration of the aesthetic experience of architectural design and space inhabitation, addressed through the lens of the architectural project as its own entity.
Examining our relationships with architecture beyond human-centric perspectives, Xenoaesthetics challenges conventional views of design and space inhabitation by exploring the architectural project as an autonomous entity.
Drawing together insights from philosophy and architecture, this book delves into the conditions, roles, and implications of architectural encounters, conceptualising the architectural project as a site of unity-multiplicity tension, and introducing the concept of xenoaesthetics as a cognitive mode attuned to this structure. This approach invites readers to reimagine architectural experience as a dual action that reveals the project to us and realizes itself through us.
As well as implying disciplinary consequences for design questions, Vaillo’s work holds socio-political significance for our everyday architectural interactions, contributing to the quest for practices and discourses on equality. Methodologically, his argument draws from Object-Oriented Ontology and the architect Enric Miralles, offering an additional retrospective crossover that enriches both references.
A resource for students, architects, scholars, and enthusiasts interested in exploring architecture beyond assumptions and prescribed value systems, Xenoaesthetics encourages a deeper understanding of the intricate relationship between humans and the architectural project.
Examining our relationships with architecture beyond human-centric perspectives, Xenoaesthetics challenges conventional views of design and space inhabitation by exploring the architectural project as an autonomous entity.
Drawing together insights from philosophy and architecture, this book delves into the conditions, roles, and implications of architectural encounters, conceptualising the architectural project as a site of unity-multiplicity tension, and introducing the concept of xenoaesthetics as a cognitive mode attuned to this structure. This approach invites readers to reimagine architectural experience as a dual action that reveals the project to us and realizes itself through us.
As well as implying disciplinary consequences for design questions, Vaillo’s work holds socio-political significance for our everyday architectural interactions, contributing to the quest for practices and discourses on equality. Methodologically, his argument draws from Object-Oriented Ontology and the architect Enric Miralles, offering an additional retrospective crossover that enriches both references.
A resource for students, architects, scholars, and enthusiasts interested in exploring architecture beyond assumptions and prescribed value systems, Xenoaesthetics encourages a deeper understanding of the intricate relationship between humans and the architectural project.
Gonzalo Vaillo is a Postdoctorate Researcher at the Department of Experimental Architecture - Building Design and Construction at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and founder principal of the architectural office MORPHtopia.
Prologue by Graham Harman
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: The Xenological Framework
1. The Architectural Project as Object
2. The Cognitive-unit
3. The Xenoaesthetic Approach
Part II: Deep cognition
4. The Immaterial Experience of Unity
5. The Role of the Cognizer
6. Vertical techne
Part III: Open Cognition
7. The Infrastructure of Experience
8. Designing
9. Inhabiting
Conclusion
Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.8.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Posthumanism in Practice |
| Zusatzinfo | 10 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-51503-5 / 1350515035 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-51503-1 / 9781350515031 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
| Informationen gemäß Produktsicherheitsverordnung (GPSR) | |
| Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt? |
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
aus dem Bereich
eine philosophische Reise
Buch | Softcover (2024)
Goldmann (Verlag)
CHF 21,90
