SER Y DEVENIR EN LOS DIAGRAMAS. Huellas y protoformas como subtexto arquitectónico: de Deleuze a Eisenman

Abstract

The use of diagrams as design tools has enriched recent architectural debate and has produced an alternative course for the process of ideation in architecture. However, diagrams and schemes are often confused with each other ignoring the constraints that the topological conceptualization of the latter entails. The paper attempts to examine the analytical and generative qualities of the diagrams using Eisenman’s architecture and his theoretical discourse as a reference, while establishing the connections between his work and the philosophy of Deleuze. Half way between being and becoming diagrams differ from drawings or schemes operating as mediators between matter and form.