Sentinels of The Anthropocene: Investigating an Architecture of The Contemporary Sublime

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Main Author:	Funkhouser, Todd
Language:	English
Published:	University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK 2021
Subjects:	Architecture Anthropocene Sublime Wellness Los Angeles Post Industrial Landscape Photography
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1623242131059292

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spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-ucin16232421310592922021-08-03T07:17:36Z Sentinels of The Anthropocene: Investigating an Architecture of The Contemporary Sublime Funkhouser, Todd Architecture Anthropocene Sublime Wellness Los Angeles Post Industrial Landscape Photography Humanity currently lacks direction for the future; society must fundamentally change its ways of living and existing. Societies have shifted away from their agrarian past, and many cities are confronted with densification to accommodate an endless flow of new urbanites. Cities are requiring excessive infrastructure to barely produce enough energy and water for the growing populations. Consequently, large regions of the country are left geologically ravaged and discarded once they no longer provide resources for the burgeoning society. If humanity does not reflect and understand what lies ahead, more of the Earth will be devastated in the name of progress. This outlook fuels a new type of architectural discourse, not sustainable, not green, not efficient, but rather pensive and reflective. The new architecture seeks to arrest viewers’ attention then release them into a state of introspection and contemplation much like the sublime artwork and literature of the 18th and 19th centuries. These new approaches need used where they are most impactful: in the presence of humanity’s ecological transgressions to exploit the tensions between historical devastation and existential revelation. An example of this environment is the Inglewood Oilfields in Los Angeles, California. The oilfields are one of the largest undeveloped pieces of land in Los Angeles representing the fraught history of the city’s role in the Industrial Revolution. The richness of the Oilfield’s landscape and history combined with methodologies of the contemporary sublime inform the architecture deployed. Sublime architecture, sculpture, and landscape photography conceptually underpin experiences created in this landscape providing moments of repose, remembrance, and existential reflection. The cumulative experiential effect will provoke visitors to reflect on histories of times past by standing as a reminder of where humanity has been and the future it is tasked with creating. 2021-06-28 English text University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1623242131059292 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1623242131059292 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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Sentinels of The Anthropocene: Investigating an Architecture of The Contemporary Sublime

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