There is a great article by Ashley Schafer (chair of Architecture Dept. at Ohio State) in Perspecta 38 : "Theory After (After-Theory)" pp. 109 -125 that examines the relationship between theory and practice, specifically in our contemporary predicament.
and kudos to you guys for starting this blog. best of luck with thesis.
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For those who haven't access to Perspecta, here's a summary quote from the piece:
"...a theory after (after theory) begins to emerge that is non-representational, promiscuous and iterative, operative, contingent, and open-ended."
Schafer notes several contemporary practices for each of the ideas separated by commas in the quote:
-for the question of representation vs representational: Aranda Lasch, dECOi, Michael Hensel, Phillippe Morrel
-for iterative and promiscuous: Rients Dijstra of Maxwan Architects and Urbanists, FOA (specifically Yokohama), Diller and Scofidio (particularly their Flesh project)
-contingency FN:tactics (contingency as a function of tactics??): Koolhaas and Tschumi, N_architects, OceanNorth
-operative*performative: Eisenman
-open-ended: ....?...if there was something here, I forgot to note it when I read the piece.
The piece seemed to be trying too hard to define a new period by proposing a list of words with a capacity for discussion and characterization. Quite frankly, the piece didn't sit well with me; it was rhetorical and vague with its general proposal, and the highly specific references weren't clearly placed. Perhaps it deserves more reading, interpretation, translation, research, and discussion...i.e., a second and third concerted effort.
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