From the infraordinary to the extraordinary. Outlines of an architectural conceptualisation

  1. Vallespín Toro, Nuria 1
  2. Solana Suárez, Enrique 1
  3. Vega de ka Rosa, Carmelo 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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    Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

    Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01teme464

Journal:
EGA: revista de expresión gráfica arquitectónica

ISSN: 1133-6137,  2254-6103

Year of publication: 2019

Issue Title: Conversando con... Odile Decq

Volume: 24

Issue: 36

Pages: 210-221

Type: Article

DOI: 10.4995/EGA.2019.11301 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

This paper came about from an astonishing observation of the usual, the commonplace, the ordinary, and even more profoundly, of the infra-ordinary. In recent years, the appropriation and instrumentalisation of the commonplace has become a recurrent practise. We propose examining the transition from the infra-ordinary towards the extraordinary using a peculiar form of representation through drawing. We will attempt to highlight certain forms of representing projects that have been characterised over the last ten years by an awareness of the lack of economic and environmental resources, raising the visibility of every-day actions in the urban, architectural and artistic environment. The infra-ordinary allows us to reveal the subversive potential of the commonplace to sometimes become extraordinary experiences. In short, the infraordinary is extraordinary, and the seed of the extraordinary lies in the commonplace.

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Funding information

We would like to acknowledge the funding granted to the ULL by the Regional Ministry of Economy, Industry, Trade and Knowledge, 85% co-funded by the European Social Fund.

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