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    The architecture of Hannes Meyer and Ludwig Hilberseimer

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    modernism and the posthumanist subject the mit pross cambridge, massachusetts - london, england reproduction and neg the cognitive project of neue sachlichkeit ity whose esi to totality tec rhe twetch-emuy xanga ce fans raf indnalad maw pcton Wheres vase ‘Siatrmatan a he pesumed ein prt oe Sms Seen mere nee seleea TRSLIN nl aro hgh core omg ve and “Same "dese pln am poet pe ‘Sele npn pon oe rm Mined ura a teaver te bt {oP mater and between te ses cen THe ste sponse fede oa mere ana seeded te oral Kel Raman ence See Mtataron Barina ta nd tthe newepelan eerie i nee ee ‘Sa chllege be iy ck eee. In thomsen nec ef the tual enperenc o Sch Icons ha cree pd nde son sith este brs anscric el t wy Tn homolgy nisl eats io hs eee Moreover, he rss seas poston in architectural hitoriogaphy—the ue anal suppression of everything tat sors architect in favor of wie oral anlyis—stems rom this same Heol try of high art Fe the historical avantgarde to mia eins this cology, nde, presupresel a eontempors so high arin commerce witha rather enenche cu tora estalshment and it aims to authentic aesthetic nowiedge Practices suchas dads sought sido and Aeswoy this myth of shen to denystty and under min the leptimizing discourse ofthe dominan cule, ‘whose ambition i wa save the pity ofr from the encroachments of technologial moderation and mast industalization, A elfor to extend the analy of sme of these dlegtimising procfurs ino the Bounds o architec ture “proper wil nvlve usin a futher discussion ofthe ways in which the architecture ofthe nee Sahlichket problems tnd the concomitant centrality ofthe humanist subject. A Vorschlag 2 City Bebasng of 1930" iste two die ent oeasions of negational practice in architect, and two siferen ideologies consequences. Bu wil be helpful to teria with an example ofan interpretive method in which form ssl viewed a stoncmous and the eubiect thereby zeplyandinescapaly enmeshed in the material werd ‘may on St election, hay se a contentious propos ton, evento those who would ess on an atonotns st tus fr other arts. Yet ranecendent autonomy i xaetiy ‘what humanist readings of architecture hoe for and endeavor to achieve, perhaps eecilly so hes nore Sophisticated and eri moments, ks which perception i racic a the detceton of various sre of esi con eptual grid hidden within or hovering ave the work In ‘hes esay “Transpareny: Literal and Phenomend” for ‘tample, Cola Rose and Rober Stucky cence then Selves wih architectrl for a "a cntinuns dialectic Becween fac an implication” Rowe an sutky Jemen strate that dhe rte facts of physi organization ean be presented with signiane, inherent ambigity such that ‘hose facts may be ed n temo ompeting or xcilting ‘mental convert, Their analy of Le Corbusier’ League of Nations project, and ofthe opposition i ines between od rated modernism was coed a stark dstinction to the enmitve| tras cultural conventions by problema as of autonomous fom a well ste subject for which ‘hat form isa metaphor Inthe analysis here I hall man tai an tention to acter form, But shall ty to teeast the formal loge By which the avantgarde has co ‘envionaly been analyzed in drt include aspect of Practice hat ave been neglected or deniated. Meyers ject ence ur atten thos processes of modem He tha le Beyond the individual subject, and we cn detect this erties atte within the forms ehemseles The operative ecnigue fn the cognitive projet of Meyers neve Sachlichket she practice of negation —the dismantling of tational ermal Convention, the praduction of raptares and discontinuitey the repudiation ofthe individual author = dhe ornate of ‘meaning. and he denial 0 the viewing subiet of space pr from hfe in which the mind ee to dream, 10 ‘Seape Bur negation sno ost sa saying ts the ative “onsructing of «new perception, the forcing of new st tion though fom, Meyer's poposeé Lear of Nations bulding develop ertsin architect corals of pro hoctivam that elow sme ofthe procedures already “tnnounced inthe Co-op wrk. The fis sa building sytem of recive spatial td constructional clls—part of an Spemended nahicachial eld of pst and stuctra Coordinater coupled with pla, ough, estentially moder ‘wing matvals ike "Ett an asbestos cement la ding wed in place of more honor mater ik stone sel conctcte and glass, with rbher Soong ork lab tral and alainum set clings on te neo Sach Thing system rests the appearance of having been rmunipulated or mediated bya particular rustic personality of having ee fabricated fora price hee mooumen tal pupose. The spatial and constructional elements con ‘ atend eet avaiiy to sciety tg, andthe fact {hac they ate the result of entan modes of production, reproducible for a wie variety of wien is fil, then, tora the lling stem a presenti in any tah rmpass on the mate congrenc te bling the technical means ofits facture into the form of the : nts 0 the iepoducsie oceses ofits making seemingly generating town rope sentation withor ahora mein ‘Though Meyer surely ‘ours a kindof postu hers, nt intend to eonstae his ttirde a deterministic understanding of ehiecure ' index, What {wish o suggest insted ls that is stateey efcetivey serves wo Block any aesthetic contemplation fom stance. At thi point in the development ofthe poe tvitavanegade, fetal sndewility means more than emphasis onthe formal selreerentalty of achitectare, ‘mote than coming to terms with ts “edim’ ois comtiven fats." The indvia tt of Meyer's project sigs nothing les than a rejection of any tancendeta ‘conception ofthe atehitectral objet in favor ofa soeep ton of architeceral practice at «wor, engaged atv 4 material intervention and organising fre, an indeation ofthe potential involvement ofthe ashtet with cern socially developed pocests, materials and sanders of roduction that, in tun are denied with vocal evel: ‘on and an expression of a wish ote par inthe work of neption that is fandamentl in other avant-garde pratces such a consirictivism and dats, x we sigh el wee wth Meyer's fr inthis text odin what he considers to be inadequate atti seniiey seems sterminabley be shes ech signing practice to slits, whet ms Teck into unworke sara tough, emphatic, wordy ‘The radical quality of Meyer's approach, 2 of Rodchenko’, suity continually perceived by aiienes 2 an ae Sion rowand the architectural obec’ status as high at and toward the individual o clas for which hat object is & tnetaphor hes lagely in fatal indesicality sa negations [Nations prog seems prompted by the acute ewareess ‘bat nicer the individual subject nr sabeeveatempts to recover the authenticity of he obec any Tanger have & place inthe massindustializd iy, bythe acknowl rent of the absolute inomptlty eeween the realm of ‘ass culture a a scveconomi ality ordered by tat fy, and diseaction and he realm of pti, conte tie inner experience, The seond poposition of his project thus involves seach for sense within larger conception tf he reairy of the metopas, beyond sabective interior Sty Rezading this new fame of meaning Meyer writes xc ‘The satement stan apresvely theta, materialise refs of sgnesion based om composition ful of ‘mimetic epesentation, a refatal af form stsel Second, ee an explicit deste wo intgat at with i, ot eliminate the ned for fom hi, on either case, to deny ee onary level of aesthetic meaning beyond the psi toes of taonalied bling tesbnigu, For tobe “arid fn the eid of bding history” st comin balding tec igus and technologies wieh emergent soil es, 0 Iterpencerte technology an the clive body 0 that ‘he proces of building actually becomes biloiel. Meyer ds nt sek to propose ase of physical notation tha can produce a transcendental cbt the viral obec of « humanist reading! their meaning, the architectural ele ments arcuate an aval reproductive sate rather than sefamvlved objec: Moreover, istry i poe ax the diving oreo hi sytem This dsprveging of « peorlaine, sti esthetic deal in favor ofa nexus of relationships beeween modes of production and changing human needs mean shin architecture's meaning to he ouside, to speak, where strctre i no longer predicated on private, peycolopcl space but rather on publi, clr the authenticity ofthe object a8 ba also the reproductive tech meaning become re mun’ by the dimensions and condiion ofthe progam. AS Intended ob baing for work and co This building is aeither heal or uly. asks be fla ambition ste atomic eranseipton of 2 ally determined, empieal program into bul om. The rehce ise i mocion the processes of svebling an object made up of inal sel rdueton hereby nee rs terest the cognitive poh et away fom the production of ated Ages or formal gutomebiles, 600 sored "a ‘ure, sbuttng or esting alate themselves rm the Shine econ system. The discotenens ofthe wo halves of {he building the secretariat cower and assembly Ball, ‘klaes dhe absence of any underlying formal armatoe that tight in eur engenders series of spatial emanation. The nga ogntive map thi centralizing datum or ound ‘Wool normaly provide is thereby bseaucte, and tension, ration, and dfrene defn the rlaionshins Inventing this percep the two main halves ofthe bling is ‘on within each the vemincation of any somapositional device that woul rani the diverse pt nt a eaberet uni, thes further ‘ageatng ferences within the system, The general tendency inthe fundamental buldng system toward an ‘Romination f tectonic parts banging to a ager but ide terminate whole x sported nd developed by secondary Tevet of tchitectni lament» sggomerasions of sky Tighe commision roms, lcrre roms fics, restat tanta brary, movement systems ike the paz Tutways elevators, and "obogan” emergency ramps and Information iseminating devices like ado antennae and ‘lumi sky signs. The unstable syntax ofthese ce rent is determined by thee specif functional lations, automata" supermpored onthe general system, heir oman aie fom the massa, ndusril city iaclfplan factory, porous, unyielding, Local symm tes and unites are deployed in elevation and plan bt with Chuneive relationship oone another Thos, aiulatons srthin the ace ofthe levations are made wo em 1 Ten disribted over the srlice, the steppe plan profile to nce aleatory and open-ended the architeturl ce ‘ents completely detachable and earangeale. To Be ‘bw oma decisions ave been made bythe ach tect bt with the effect that we conceive the ullding nt [Sa otgel formal organism but as a. asemblage of Ucheccural particularities, a montage of discourse, each art clashing wih the rest defined wholly in tems of hee separ functional a mail ie The Body of the bil ing thus contre to assume the forms cast upon it by the forces of the city. a “No pla ception pleni worknoms fr the tang oresentaties of hel people No back cords lor Sekt dloncy bt pe sé ns he pl tin of what Rowe and Sty wold cl the ea as posed wo er ited phenomenal wasp he League of Nations bing apr he sense meaty ee produced lin terms renal coo Ben ‘on, moral exhib tht we bly ned Dieetion has fecome more and more an sar of et burs a vent For enann ofr Meyer Hla ws meter ‘thoataua—eol obey, the enemy ef sce, the enemy pope. Glass et another index of Meyers negro Fal Meyer st tars possible the cretion o any pessoa spc that ‘ph elt ine monumental iy. Teles of tse by pring pater at ound eel llows hint ei nvr mover of acs al cs above the inte ‘hon of aioe ks levator at state pin the an ts de ac te eas ate beeen the wing the sexta or aound the pephery fhe tlt Spans pon nd uae ud the pert ys Pricer ins general vedas cloate and continent The viewer walang th aking tg the bling fads msl always renal oes, nthe as beeen the pinay spatial uni, compelled to move, constant Aifereniting and recombining tal experiences ba nly How cn we cutie the suateis deployed by Meyer at «whe In whats ee sant a an obec han a8 proce = ‘The medium af photo- ‘Retest mop of selene psec dada photomontage and Meyer's Co-op fatosaphy tes, the fatality of modesty’ stated suice. Thus Meyer's functional markings come tows a sorcession of units fom the wreling of thos ager cultural process 2 serial progression of scprate integers whe differences are ot medited by composition hut rather revel by a0 architecture conscious ofthe imedueey a ts dane tions Like the dada photomontage, Meyer’ building pre seats uel es a an objet than as muller eld onverenc for the free apd signe of the masvindastial tudes common to Meyer and the dads, 1 intend to ateibue to ether an unseliconsciousness with vega t for, but rather to query the rounds on which ‘hes formal manipalation se mae, The works of Meyer and the dale reflect awry, derisive awareness of the no rmative humanist subject they delice and of he humanist ideology of tonomy they renounce. usta the dada phot montage aers to dhe urge ari convention ot resenting uniave abrcate rectangularly famed object ‘rene t subversivey injects nt the singalariyof hat jee the reproduced and dered images of orgie: ‘are, so Meyers diven toward conventional ways faci tectu sensemabing the ar at once unaceptbe and ‘escapabe, vestiges of humanist perepions that have become progessivly empty but cntinue to exer their fore. whole ein of representation en iss, ut the search for meaning snot abandoned. Tha eaneaic ton, chat search, live, what ove Meyer toward 48 ‘nsurevonary participation inthe cpl facie ture, toward architecture ax aca pact. The radical quality of Meyers modemism ies inthe deal tat dha things are Just wht they ae utely shorn of any metaphysical ly sion of ainic authenticity, unity, o depth, Suspicious of subecuvty andthe unied whale im which wabjetvty rms ite the League of Nations projst Isa section fara again the very ides of an autonomous War eesiiy ofthe archer Mater ‘With the renaneition ofthe piece exiting and for se eaional vue of «prey inera mal nee sreeopt of the work ua eleinvolved objec is ha rec The work no longer presents an unbroken and ‘erogenous appearance, no loge stands complete 20d vetmendes at were, gst the wor tater falls no reared becoming one wordy hing [che among of ve sna erect ats of modern society and See produto ate thereby dsmanted and tht > ‘Fen reumed o ts unpoleped place within te ota Tes the selenessness of Meyer’ practic of negation tha 1 admine and tha 1 elewe we rat ane project for archaecuralpractice—his nih daa dane eatoma, beemonicrepertie of adiona sc fon i fragmentation of orm ada tring of he Bi fron of semances, and his ab ‘Fron arncsubliation, he contemplative Bema ae Bot neptan i fot, of eure unproblematic. FOr pe setatag and dismantling ofthe older frns of expt wh ne eanacendent of he sacred, and the subst sat now forms of standardization, reicaton, ond sae cain of bh subject nd objec pose cripling Fob rene for mchterul rate apd the neve Sachlicbkel’s var acmps to avent nee apd elaborate formal srt Te nih wich gue what sere to be the wer ee auiny heeween the emerging soil stuctre a vassal live exerence 0 enact aki reer of weit and act ae each ferent mark by thelr eee on nt a spe and al-consming reali BY Tou” Ladwg Hulbert’ poets and writings ad aaraty emerged as striking iustaions ofl be amb seer Jamendo inherent this postumanist a0 era temo resistances tot sella foward nt sets of which ae present in Meyer's pS Sich, dhe chit va te tomo spon inter ef orccomeg he dialectic, already formulated by Me terween = Sh aa Meer, ween part a is mole an maa wen he ome el Indie oily othe ysl sd soci n is Gos “The metool for lence ia molar machine tv ng large-scale social, technical, and economic systems 7 rcarmanioing wth whist coment The docile wchtecral ements athe mle eet tcl nr nd shpe tet sn dtp? pois of fu or erminton ante ad el nom tom recived fm the loa ctr of ‘hte seer inure ane coe nis of hat srr, The blon ete pap between ton clr tnd el mines th os ity of attributing signifi ce iene othe at of eting sang forma Theat alec ‘now radically rationalized and expanded. — rom sans com Hilberseimer’s Hochhausstadt project of 1921 — oe oe ee ‘ed interac law Peps, ehen it not surprising that while Hiberseimers toa unison of ane calls andthe iba cts of te ity may hve Teo fectove in shifting atehicctral caning fom te ecpr li of thes retools sel, dheartet was hard put find nhs ase tsource or invention, sks ite to asser that fom reese tbeneimer commited base to te tain Tom announced inthe Hochbaussta, is work viually veel deel and instead became involved wth rial rion Tse could propose nly the same fis vie for is Vorchlag zur City Bebauung of 19802 be bad qn Hocnhauntadt of 1924, and or Chicago a he ha for tn tn 1926 and 1927, he exhibited project fo tower nlf si of hn Siteen-story balldings now stack. ‘Fan berseimer abou ave maneuvered himself int th para poston iste ttereting For we are ed 8 Pear the apparent that logical, axiomatic, ste using organisation oe in which the produc 2a eure of signin x based om eprouction—

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