Questions That History Cannot Answer. Three Positions from 1981

Authors

  • Christophe Van Gerrewey EPFL, Lausanne

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2611-0075/6728

Keywords:

historiography, postwar architecture, criticism, theory of history, OMA/Rem Koolhaas

Abstract

The relationship between history and architectural practice is complicated, specifically in the post-war period. By “reviewing” an issue of 1981 of the French magazine “AMC”, in this article some of the questions that history cannot answer are addressed. Three different positions (and three ways of dealing with history at the end of the 20th century), present in this issue of “AMC”, are examined: that of philosopher Hubert Damisch, of historian Manfredo Tafuri, and of OMA/Rem Koolhaas.

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Published

2017-03-15

How to Cite

Van Gerrewey, C. (2017). Questions That History Cannot Answer. Three Positions from 1981. Histories of Postwar Architecture, 1. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2611-0075/6728

Issue

Issue 0 (2017)

Section

Invited Papers

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