El espacio de la experiencia en las arquitecturas de Richard Hamilton

  1. Luz Paz-Agras
Journal:
Proyecto, Progreso, Arquitectura

ISSN: 2173-1616,  2171-6897

Year of publication: 2018

Issue: 19

Pages: 118-133

Type: Article

DOI: 10.12795/PPA.2018.I19.07 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Richard Hamilton held three exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London in the 1950s, participating in the interdisciplinary environment of the Independent Group. These exhibitions explored the transformation of the room through the construction of structures that encouraged the active engagement of the viewer. Based on the study carried out, for which these proposals are reconstructed following their original technical language, an analysis is made of how Hamilton’s montages follow an evolutionary process, in which the exploration of form based on patterns of natural growth continues to elevate the technique to a creative tool and concludes with the formulation of the space of interaction with the spectator. This last montage, an Exhibit, summarised the findings of the previous ones, giving rise to an architectural proposal in the form of a game board whose focal element is the experience of its visitors. This architecture acts as a supporting structure that is generated from an unlimited organic development of a standardised module, with varying combinations, and which constantly changes for its occupants. Hamilton’s exhibition spaces draw on influences from the avant–garde and build bridges towards contemporary architectural proposals understood as a support for incentivising the experience of its inhabitants.

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