This is a house; a linger in the wonder of absurd architecture

The word Absurd means irrational and can be understood as something that takes us away from rationality that we in our part of the world use to develop our built environment. In the thesis I use the Absurd to take an alternative step away from a rationality that today has connected our buildings to a capitalistic value. I look into the word house as the smallest architectural building block to build up our society with and find out that a house has an etymological connection to trousers that cover and protect us. An image that connects architecture to the need for protection against the forces of nature. But also turns a house into an absurd object: trousers/clothes. In this thesis I take you on a journey with the research question: What is an Absurd architecture? We start with my background, living in the Finnish countryside and the community Wagon hill and the social sculpture Liikkuva Linna. Then I create a theoretical framework with thoughts from Albert Camus, Jonna Bornemark and Friedrich Schiller. With the theory we go through three absurd reference projects to be able to see and undress the rational clothes we wear today. In the iterative design task I developed on a site in Finland called: The unknown fairy tales on the countryside and elsewhere, we get to develop an absurd judgment formation that continues to grow by using the theory on the world and the world on the theory. In the discussion in the end we come to the conclusion that an Absurd architecture is not a solution.The absurd seems to open up an interstice in the unknown where we can disconnect from the economical story that we are saturated in and be able to dream of the impossible possibilities of our built world. With an Absurd architecture we can undress the gray economical suit we carry and instead choose to dream in pajamas. In the end we get an Absurd architecture manifesto and an instruction on how you can house yourself and sew your own pajamas out of this paper. Thanks for reading

Department dc:contributor.department

Chalmers tekniska högskola / Institutionen för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnadsteknik (ACE)

Year dc:date.issued

2024

Author dc:creator

• Hjalmarsson, Per Viktor

Advisor dc:contributor.supervisor

• Björling, Nils

• Absurd, absurd architecture, judgment, judgment formation, house, urban, form drive, stoff drive, ratio, intellectus, not knowing

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12380/308519

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