Jobst, Marko (2017) Deleuze, space and the architectural fragment. Architectural and Urban Reflections after Deleuze and Guattari. Rowman and Littlefeld. ISBN 978-1786605986

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Abstract

In this essay I aim to outline several trajectories of interest when discussing space in the context of Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy and his collaborations with Felix Guattari, in order to show the way in which certain aspects of engagement with Deleuze's work appear in architectural writing on space. At the same time, the question of space when discussed within the discourse of philosophy brings forth its own set of discursive agendas, which aim to surpass those discussed in architecture, yet remain largely blind to architecture as an inextricable 'aspect' of space. The aim is to show that, while engaging the same concept, the writings on space in the discourses of architecture and philosophy pursue somewhat different trajectories, resulting in the formulation of concerns that don't sufficiently intersect. While space, which is still taken for granted in architectural theory as one of the key disciplinary terms, remains a contentious discursive reference point within the discipline - making it ultimately possible to question its usefulness - the question of space in philosophy is yet to engage architecture in all its disciplinary specificity. Ultimately, it is not so much the use of the concept of space in architecture that should be interrogated from either of the disciplinary fields but the use of architecture in philosophy's spatial discourses.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Architecture, Deleuze, Fragment
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NA Architecture
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Design (DES) Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > Digital Arts, Research & Enterprise (DARE)
Last Modified:	02 Nov 2021 23:01
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/16830

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