วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 29 สิงหาคม พ.ศ. 2556

Eyal Weizman: Lethal Theory

Why there is a wall? Why you need to walk on a street? Why do we need to open a door? Why we sit on a chair? Where do these object come from and how come we know how to use it? The reason why we know what to do with all of this it because we never "think". The way how we live our lives today is by following other without asking ourself why. Wall is a boundary telling us the limit of space and the door is for the entrance, but if you look deeper we don't always need a door for entering. For example in a war if you were a soldier and your enemy are on the other side of the wall and they're waiting for you in the front of the door. Would you walk through the wall? Where your enemy are waiting or you choose to "walk through the wall". A window and be a door during the emergency and a door can be a window when you need a bigger opening.  After thinking about this theory an architecture element (such as door, window, floor, ceiling) can be more than just what we already know but it can be "anything".

Conclusion
We were told to do things and react to things in the same way which is good but in some situation such as the military that need to take a risk. Doing something else from what we were told (example: walk through door/ break it down/ jump of the window/ climb up the column).