Architektur in der materiellen Welt: über Abstraktion als nicht-ästhetische Bedingung

Pablo Martinez Capdevila

Architektur in der materiellen Welt: über Abstraktion als nicht-ästhetische Bedingung

Translated title of the contribution: Architecture in the Material World: On Abstraction as a Non-Aesthetic Condition

Pablo Martinez Capdevila^*

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School of Architecture and Built Environment

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(Book Review in German and English)
Pier Vittorio Aureli is one of the most influential architectural theorists of the last decades thanks to an ambitious and distinct oeuvre that combines a remarkable architectural and humanistic erudition with an agenda for the re-politicization of architecture.
His last book, Architecture and Abstraction (2023), openly challenges the dominant “aesthetic” understanding of abstraction in architecture derived from the plastic arts, where it means a detachment from sensible reality and its representation through figuration, mimesis or naturalism.

Translated title of the contribution	Architecture in the Material World: On Abstraction as a Non-Aesthetic Condition
Original language	German
Title of host publication	Synergies: Building Collaborations in Architectural Research
Editors	Urs Hirschberg, Milena Stavrić, Sophia Meeres
Place of Publication	Berlin, Germany
Publisher	Jovis Verlag
Pages	221-226
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9783986123260
ISBN (Print)	9783986123253
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 2 Jan 2026

Publication series

Name	Graz Architecture Magazine (GAM)
Publisher	Graz University of Technology
Volume	22
ISSN (Print)	1612-9482

Keywords

Pier Vittorio Aureli
Abstraction
Architecture
Cynthia Davidson
Architectural Theory

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Architektur in der materiellen Welt: über Abstraktion als nicht-ästhetische Bedingung. / Martinez Capdevila, Pablo.
Synergies: Building Collaborations in Architectural Research. ed. / Urs Hirschberg; Milena Stavrić; Sophia Meeres. Berlin, Germany: Jovis Verlag, 2026. p. 221-226 (Graz Architecture Magazine (GAM); Vol. 22).

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Architektur in der materiellen Welt: über Abstraktion als nicht-ästhetische Bedingung

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