This article claims that architect Rem Koolhaas’ essay “The Generic City” (1995) brings forth a new way of thinking about Asian urbanism, and encourages us to be attentive to sensory dimensions of daily urban experience over the stratifying forces imposed from the outside. Although Koolhaas’ essay has often been considered a notoriously disdainful commentary against the vibrancy and dynamism of Asian cities, this article argues against such viewpoints. A critical reading of the essay against the grain, as well as a close visual analysis of the set of images accompanied with the essay that are relatively undermined over its textual narrative, shows that Koolhaas in fact considers Asian cities not so much to be a completely alienating and commodified space but rather an uncharted territory where singularities perpetually fold and unfold at varying speeds and rhythms. His use of the term “generic” is here not put in opposition to the ‘singular,’ but rather implicates one’s attitude of responding to given urban milieus in a state of ambivalence that is at once alienating and sense-making. Hence, this article highlights the interplays between engagement and disengagement, interest and disinterest, and overt claim and delaying judgments implicated in the essay, through which to explore the complex relationship between urbanism and everyday life in contemporary Asia.
목차
Abstract 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Purpose of the Study 1.2 The Method of the Study 2. ANALYZING “THE GENERIC CITY” 2.1 “The Generic City” and S,M,L,XL 2.2 The Tonality and Mood of “The Generic City” 2.3 Airport and “The Generic City” 2.4 “The Generic City” and an Extended Notion of the Urban 2.5 “The Generic City” and Asian Urbanism 3. ANAYZING THE IMAGES OF “THE GENERIC CITY” 4. “THE GENERIC CITY” AS NEW URBAN AESTHETICS 4.1 “The Generic City” as a Disinterested Interest 4.2 The Modernist Urban Aesthetics and “The Generic City” 5. CONCLUSION REFERENCES
키워드
The Generic CityContemporary Asian CitiesRem KoolhaasSMLXL
저자
백승한 [ Paek, Seung-Han | 연세대학교 인문학연구원 연구원, 미술사학 박사 ]
Corresponding author
대한건축학회지회연합회 [The Regional Association of Architectural Institute of Korea]
설립연도
2000
분야
공학>건축공학
소개
본회는 건축에 관한 학술․ 예술․ 기술을 연구 연마하는 지회회원들의 입지향상과 회원상호간의 친목도모와 함께 건축 문화창달에 기여함을 목적으로 한다.
목적을 달성하기 위하여 다음의 사업을 한다.
1. 지회회원의 입지향상과 친목도모
2. 건축에 관한 조사․연구지도 및 이에 관련된 사업
3. 회지, 논문집, 연구보고서 기타 건축에 관한 도서의 간행
4. 건축에 관한 강습회․강연회․간담회․전람회․견학회 등의 개최
5. 건축에 관한 계획, 감독, 기술검토에 대한 국가공공기관 기타의뢰에 관한 사항
6. 국내외 관계 제 학회와의 교류 및 회의참석
7. 기타 본회 목적달성에 필요한 사업
간행물
간행물명
대한건축학회연합논문집 [Journal of the Regional Association of Architectural Institute of Korea]