Culture of Transience

03 Culture of Transience

RESEARCH PAPER PUBLISHED AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: July - October 2011

Adapting to a Culture of 'Transience' - Design Methodology for the 21st Century City:

This Research paper was published at the ‘Architecture in the fourth dimension’ conference, held in Boston, USA in November 2011. Aditya Vipparti was presented the ‘Young Researcher Award’ at the Conference for this paper.

Link: https://issuu.com/aditya.vipparti/docs/adityavipparti_-_research_paper

Abstract of the Research Paper:

Built environment is a continuously evolving dynamic entity. The role of designers is to mediate between stability and change. Design is thus an act of morphing built form and space to align people and their environment with change, yet retaining the vitality of fundamental human needs– dwelling, community and place. The transient nature of the built environment and indeed life is as crucial as the three physical dimensions of our perception.

This paper explores the above discussed theme in the context of today’s ‘network culture’, where digital network technology has become a dominant cultural logic. Contemporary life increasingly dwells in the virtual information realm, apart from our familiar physical environs. Boundaries of time and space are shrinking, and fundamental notions of ‘program’ and ‘typology’ are being challenged. Consequently, built environment will be characterized by homogeneity and generic nature of spatial use and character.