Reconsidering the Ethics in the Tectonics of Architecture through the Tectonics of Bodies in Love

Abstract

This is an earlier abstract-----The contradiction between technology and representation in the tectonics of architecture shows that the ethics of tectonic design is based on antagonistic approaches. Similar to this, the value system of the tectonics of bodies in love is also contradictory in that it is open to different arrangements of materiality and meaning. Since Marcel’s love for Albertine in M. Proust’s novel “In Search of Lost Time” can be seen as going beyond these antagonistic approaches, this article analyses the different arrangements of materiality and meaning in the different phases of their love and reflects them as possible arrangements of technology and representation comparable to architectural tectonics. This reflection makes the expression of different approaches to the value system of architectural tectonics, possible.