Proyectos del realismo crítico en la era de la simultaneidad: debates sobre la gestión de la información y las actuaciones en la ciudad construida

Abstract

Realism in architecture is a “mutant” concept which admits multiple meanings. Accordingly it would be more precise tp talk about realisms -in plural- and to try to properly place each one in the contemporary context.

Among all realisms, there is one which assumes a critical attitude and a commitment with the built city s well as with the complexity of the new Information Age and of globalization.

In turn, architectural critical realism also assumes different forms which place it in the frame of resistance to the global; communicative and urban integration will; social and environmental commitment; technological development and programmatic pragmatism.

This research approaches the (fragmented) definition of architectural critical realism through the study of projects built in Western Europe since the 1980s and supported with references from postwar realism (1950-1960) and the artistic and literary realism of the second half of the 19th century.