The inverse canon
Salvatore Rugino
Department of Architecture, University of Palermo, Italy.
Abstract:
The inverse canon, in music, is a composition that combines a melody to one or more imitations. In accordance with the music jargon, it could be defined as a contrapuntual composition or a combination of melodies that follow the rules handed down by tradition. The idea is that the various parts must be distinct and independent from one another but still following imitative processes.
Bauman himself, in the text “Retroropia”, says that the tradition is not imagined as it could be today but simply as it was. Imitated, trapped in the memory without a reinterpretation but with only as fee to imitate.
This is the starting point to understand the design choices in today's scenario. That is where the research on architectural design turns its look.
The architectural project becomes an element of union between material and immaterial influences, between real and virtual, no longer representing Greek perfection but placing at the center of the research the human being and the world, the current and the daily conditions which may be positive or negative but in any case to which an answer needs to be given. Man, with his body, becomes the protagonist of the space of everyday life that is not linear but quantum.
Keywords: Think; Observe; Design; Time.