The Long Wait for the Inevitable: Metanarratives of Construction

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E. Ford
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What is the relationship between the historical events in Figure 1? The timeline contains a prophecy and a history. The prophecy was the factory-made house. It seemed obvious to Gropius that the modern house would soon be built like the modern car, and it would happen as quickly as the assembly line. History is the fate of this prophecy over the next hundred years: countless prototypes, countless failures, and a few short-lived success stories. We should understand why this prophecy was not fulfilled, but I wish to explore why this dream and others like it persisted in the face of so many unsuccessful initiatives. Modern architecture is full of large-scale, long-term prophecies of technical and tectonic change. Borrowing a phrase from JeanFrançois Lyotard, I will call these phenomena metanarratives. Modernism is full of them, and they are often failures. The following four buildings are exemplary.
不可避免的漫长等待:建构的元叙事
图1中历史事件之间的关系是什么?时间线包含一个预言和一段历史。预言是工厂建造的房子。在格罗皮乌斯看来,很明显,现代房屋很快就会像现代汽车一样建成,而且会像装配线一样迅速建成。在接下来的一百年里,历史就是这个预言的命运:无数的原型,无数的失败,以及一些短暂的成功故事。我们应该理解为什么这个预言没有实现,但我希望探讨为什么这个梦想和其他类似的梦想在面对这么多不成功的倡议时仍然坚持下去。现代建筑充满了对技术和结构变化的大规模、长期的预言。借用让·弗朗索瓦·利奥塔的一句话,我将把这些现象称为元叙事。现代主义充满了这样的人,而他们往往是失败的。下面的四座建筑就是典型的例子。
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Technology Architecture and Design
Technology Architecture and Design Arts and Humanities-Visual Arts and Performing Arts
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