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Benjamin picks up on, in relation to
deconstruction in philosophy. Rather than assume that this kind of criticism
can only be carried out in conceptual terms, Eisenman’s building actually
“enacts” this process, according to Benjamin, in the very medium it is
attempting to criticize. This deliberate blurring of disciplinary categories
between the theory and practice of a “critical” architecture is something that
Derrida has also set out to demonstrate, between philosophy and the language of
literature. As Benjamin writes, describing the context in which this kind of
building should be understood:
Eisenman’s
work, the experience of that work, the philosophy demanded by it, opens up the
need to think philosophically beyond the recuperative and nihilistic unfolding
of tradition. Tradition is housed – since there is no pure beyond – but the
housing of tradition takes place within a
24 Rem Koolhaas (Office for Metropolitan
Architecture) – Kunsthal, Rotterdam, 1987-92.(Alistair Gardner)
25 Rem Koolhaas (Office for Metropolitan
Architecture) – Kunsthal, Rotterdam, 1987-92. Interior showing columns in
lecture hall.(Alistair Gardner)
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