Collapsing Architecture: Towers, Steeples, and Minarets as War Monuments

Collapsing Architecture: Towers, Steeples, and Minarets as War Monuments

Tower, Steeples and Minarets can be regarded in the context of an urban landscape: the meaning lies essentially in the upward movement. Vector-oriented constructions capable of arranging the urban space around it. At the same time, however, these buildings include inside various narrative programs:...

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Main Author: Ruggero Ragonese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Ocula 2020-06-01
Series:Ocula
Subjects:
towers
point of view
architecture
war memorials
urban studies
Online Access:https://www.ocula.it/files/OCULA-FluxSaggi-RAGONESE-Collapsing-architecture
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spelling doaj-97358fc5c675418cab1e37a78c3eb9e72021-01-15T17:03:33ZengAssociazione OculaOcula1724-78102020-06-012145Collapsing Architecture: Towers, Steeples, and Minarets as War MonumentsRuggero Ragonese0Ruggero Ragonese Dipartimento di Comunicazione ed Economia, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia (IT); USAC University Reggio Emilia (IT)Tower, Steeples and Minarets can be regarded in the context of an urban landscape: the meaning lies essentially in the upward movement. Vector-oriented constructions capable of arranging the urban space around it. At the same time, however, these buildings include inside various narrative programs: the architectural text presents itself to be read by those who encounter it. The question is whether it can imply an elementary narrative micro-universe. Can towers predict their collapse? This paper will focus on relationships between war and architecture, investigating how certain structures like towers and minarets have inside them specific programs of collapsing related to offences involving weapons.https://www.ocula.it/files/OCULA-FluxSaggi-RAGONESE-Collapsing-architecturetowerspoint of viewarchitecturewar memorialsurban studies
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title Collapsing Architecture: Towers, Steeples, and Minarets as War Monuments
title_short Collapsing Architecture: Towers, Steeples, and Minarets as War Monuments
title_full Collapsing Architecture: Towers, Steeples, and Minarets as War Monuments
title_fullStr Collapsing Architecture: Towers, Steeples, and Minarets as War Monuments
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publishDate 2020-06-01
description Tower, Steeples and Minarets can be regarded in the context of an urban landscape: the meaning lies essentially in the upward movement. Vector-oriented constructions capable of arranging the urban space around it. At the same time, however, these buildings include inside various narrative programs: the architectural text presents itself to be read by those who encounter it. The question is whether it can imply an elementary narrative micro-universe. Can towers predict their collapse? This paper will focus on relationships between war and architecture, investigating how certain structures like towers and minarets have inside them specific programs of collapsing related to offences involving weapons.
topic towers
point of view
architecture
war memorials
urban studies
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