The Significance of Architectural Awards from the Gadamer`s Hermeneutics Point of View

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Significance of Architectural Awards from the Gadamer`s Hermeneutics Point of View

Original language description

Architecture and architectural research are characterized by the need to relate to reality based on philosophical paradigms or worldviews. While positivism, as a method of learning about reality "par excellence", is often referred to as the classic paradigm of natural sciences, the situation is different in social sciences and architecture. Wide professional scope of architecture puts a significant part of the field on a par with the sciences of society, which are characterized by a perspectivist paradigm and considering the subject and their interpretation of reality. One of the interpretive schools is Gadamer’s hermeneutics, named after philosopher H.G. Gadamer. His method deals with the meaning of action, but the essential point is, it is taking into consideration the perspective of the interpreter. The best-known expression of the method is so-called hermeneutic circle capturing the interaction between the action itself and the interpreter, who adds a certain meaning into the action. He is guided/influenced by the action. If we use this scheme and replace the action with a public event aimed at a community of architects, we can interpret the resulting consequences within the hermeneutic cycle. Examples include architectural awards and prizes (Mies van der Rohe Award, European Prize for Urban Public Space). Due to media coverage, the award-winning works and their prestige become part of the intellectual knowledge of architects, who subsequently reinterpret selected features into their own works. In the above-mentioned way, we can observe how the award-winning works of architecture become part of the professional discourse and, through the community of architects discussing the results of the award, influence the future development of architecture.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60500 - Other Humanities and the Arts

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Architecture in Perspective 16

ISBN

978-80-248-4785-6

ISSN

3029-5793

e-ISSN

3029-5807

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

8-12

Publisher name

Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita v Ostravě

Place of publication

Ostrava

Event location

Ostrava

Event date

Oct 23, 2024

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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