Object-Oriented Ontology: From Architecture to the beyond
Lately I’ve been reading on the cross overs between Philosophy and Architecture. How certain archetypes of architecture can be guided by a belief in philosophy. Us, as humans, move, create, design, all in forms called “design patterns”. The way we code, how religious text have been written, and mathematics. All have these forms that we abide by. It makes sense, it works. It’s how the world has moved, and will continue moving forward. However, why can’t we break away from the status-quo? Something beyond “human”, beyond the “self”. What if there are no design patterns when we design? what if its such an unorthodox, or even gibberish form, that it … eventually becomes an art. So profound, intense, that each time you see it, feel it, or read it, it’s as though you have never interacted with it before.
After reading the article “Killing Simplicity” by Mark Foster Gage, the abstract ideas that come with todays architectural philosophy called object-oriented ontology (OOO) shows how great architecture can become. “OOO call for neither reactionary materialism nor new formalism and offers no manifesto for political action or engagement”.
From the images above, we see a high-rise building, by New York's Central Park. The images are from a selected project from Mark Gage “The Khaleesi” on glimpse of OOO. Here, we have a building…
