Archinect - News2024-05-07T01:43:51-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/121126039/s-ha-zkan-looks-globally-to-find-architectural-innovation
Süha Özkan Looks Globally to Find Architectural Innovation Nicholas Korody2015-02-20T11:12:00-05:00>2022-03-14T10:01:08-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/o0/o0lcp4uqq0fqvaev.PNG?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>What is the architectural legacy of May 1968? The question framed Süha Özkan’s talk last Tuesday at <a href="http://www.sciarc.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SCI-Arc</a>, which he began by invoking his own memories of being a young man in Paris during that year's turbulent month of student-worker protests. “Let us be reasonable and ask for the impossible,” Özkan said, quoting the famous slogan that was “uttered in the streets of Paris while stones were thrown.”</p><p>For Özkan, the demonstrations of ’68 introduced a new set of values into “the architectural agenda.” He described the preceding parts of the twentieth century as defined by “polarities and oppositions”: west vs east; capitalism vs communism; developed vs underdeveloped; blue vs red; north vs south; conservative vs progressive; right vs left. With ’68, a set of new values were introduced, disrupting this binary structure. According to Özkan, these new values included participation, plurality, freedom, non-discrimination and peace. Today, during the beginning decades of the 21st century, Ö...</p>