Del concepto formal a la conceptualización sistémica en el diseño arquitectónico.

Abstract

Despite the diverity of approaches about the conceptualization process in architectural design, the idea behind understanding the concept as a formal analogy in architectural design is still widely spread. The formal analogy of the concept is usually only linked to the symbolical aspects of composition for the observer and not to the essence of the achievements of the research process and the projectual analysis. From the point of view of the architectural phenomenon as a system, this idea prompts a break up between projectual research and form, and preserves the ongoing dichotomy form-function. This paper discusses the idea of that conceptualization process on architecture can be considered as a systemic approach to the architectural phenomenon, based on the notions of autopoiesis developed by Maturana y Varela, Christopher Alexander's systems and the research by Flores-Gutiérrez on the architectural phenomenon. The text closes with the assumption that discarding the use of the concept as a guide to formal composition and adopting a process of systemic conceptualization oriented to the definition of a generating system, can provide the designer with an expanded field of research to seek not only the right configuration and relationships for activities, but the required atmosphere for those activities.