An Artificial Order
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Real Abstraction: Architecture as Capital
*Published in Think Space MONEY. Zagreb: DAZ, Think Space Programme, 2014. By Patricio De Stefani … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Publications
Tagged abstract architecture, abstract space, capital, commodities, Commodity Fetishism, real abstraction, value
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The Social Production of Architecture (Draft)
Note: This is the draft for Chapter 4. I had to put the conclusion on hold since I need to get into Chapter 5 right away. By Patricio De Stefani Architecture as Mean of Production To establish the role of … Continue reading
The Architecture of Acts [1] and the Abstraction of Labour
Note: This is the third and last chapter of Part 1 (The Architecture of Capital), after this I will move into the political economy of architecture and the analysis of the case studies. By Patricio De Stefani Labour and Object … Continue reading
Posted in Thesis Essays
Tagged abstract labour, abstraction, architectural object, Architecture, commodities, Commodity Fetishism, concrete abstraction, concrete labour, exchange, Functionalism, human acts, labour, labour process, Marx, Phenomenology, production, pure architectural theory, real abstraction, socially necessary labour-time, the object, use-value, useful labour, value
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An Emancipatory Practice of Architecture? (draft)
Note: This is the first draft of an instrumental essay I have been working on since the last month. The conclusion is the pending part for the moment. I have not sorted out clearly the images yet, but I’m working on … Continue reading