From Poetics to Metapoetics: Architecture Towards Architecture

Bianco, Lino

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“…Parallels exist between Bostanashvili's metapoetics and McCaffery's parapoetics (McCaffery, 2008). The links between his series of poems and his architectural writings have already been noted elsewhere (Bianco, 2018a). Poetry became the womb for the architect in his final years as he witnessed the prophecy of ruins fulfilled.…”

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“…In Bostanashvili's later works, the poststructuralist theory of text is applied to architecture and the basis of all this is the linguistic possibilities of the Georgian language (Bianco, 2018a). In emphasising 'ending' in conditions of a shifted epistemological domain, Bostanashvili introduces a metadiscourse on his own theory thus referring to poetics as metapoetics.…”

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Contemporary georgian architectural theory and practice: the legacy of Shota Bostanashvili

Bianco¹

2020

ACE: Architecture, City and Environment

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Barely known in the West, Bostanashvili was a preeminent architect, academic, sculptor and poet from Georgia, formerly one of the republics of the Soviet Union. 1 He was an unassuming, albeit distinguished, academic and practitioner. Lately, various publications have focused on his theory and practice of architecture (Vaklinova, 1997; Bianco, 2017a; Bianco, 2018a; Sekhniashvili and Bostanashvili, 2019) and also critically evaluated his work in relation to the wider architectural milieu of Georgia (Wheeler, 2016). The aim of this article is to provide an outline of the legacy of this influential architect. Extensive reference is made to his biographical background and to his architectural practice and philosophy of architecture, based on his publications and other primary sources available at the Shota Bostanashvili Archive (SBA), housed at his former residence in Tbilisi, and at the archives of the International Academy of Architecture (IAA) in Sofia. 2 2. The man and his architecture Bostanashvili's standing has long been recognised and lauded in the former Eastern Bloc. Milestones in his professional and academic career include his architectural works, both realised and conceptual, and the setting up of the studio-workshop 'Poetics of Architecture' at the Georgian Technical University (GTU), Tbilisi. During Bostanashvili's architectural career, which lasted nearly four decades, he was involved in over a hundred projects. In many of them architecture can be read as an interdisciplinary study incorporating philosophy, semiotics, epistemology, cultural studies and literature (Bostanashvili, D., 2013b). The first overview of Bostanashvili's work was published in 2017 (Bianco, 2017a). It broadly categorised his architectural projects into two phases. The realised projects belonging to the early phase, which commenced in 1970 and spanned over two decades, were undertaken in collaboration mainly with Davitaia. These projects included three memorials-Temple of Memory (1975), Glory to Work (1976) and Cube of Memory (1981), at Mukhrani, Kutaisi and Senaki respectively (Figure 1)-and the Bread Factory in Tbilisi (Figure 2). All of these undertakings were commissioned by the State, the then Soviet Socialist Republic of Georgia. The proposed residential settlements in the villages of Khakhmati and Biso, Khevsureti region (1973) (Figure 3) and the House of the Actor in Senaki (1987) (Figure 4) were two of his unrealised conceptual designs. Significant projects belonging to the later phase include the private residence at Vake district (2000) (Figure 5) and the Palace of Poetry (2003) (Figures 6) in Tbilisi, now both demolished, were direct private commissions. His competition entry for a music school in Tbilisi (1990) (Figure 7) represents another unrealised work belonging to this phase. 1 Born in the capital, Tbilisi, in 1948 to a Georgian father and an Iranian mother, both of Jewish descent, Bostanashvili was the eldest of four children. He was educated at 61 School prior to enrolling to read architecture at the Institute ...

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Contemporary georgian architectural theory and practice: the legacy of Shota Bostanashvili

Bianco¹

2020

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“…His academic peer-reviewed publications fall under three broad categories: (I) history and theory of architecture, (II) philosophy and humanistic studies, and (III) geology. With respect to the history and theory of architecture, a number of research themes are present: values in architecture [32][33][34], geocultural sensitive [35,36] and sustainable [37][38][39][40] architectural design, poetics of architecture in Georgia [41][42][43][44][45], geocultural activity in seventeenth and eighteenth century Malta [46][47][48][49], the study of the Mosta Rotunda, one of the largest masonry domes in the nineteenth century [50][51][52], and the use of limestone in London [53][54][55]. Other themes are related to urbanism: philosophical approaches [56],…”

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Architecture, Civil Engineering, Academia and Diplomacy: A Comprehensive Overview of the Work of Lino Bianco

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2023

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The practice of building bridges has been attributed to the profession of architects and civil engineers. The theory underlying their design is reserved to researchers mainly in academia. Metaphorically, bridge building is a term used to establish communication and, in particular, to develop friendly relations between parties, a role played by diplomats, especially ambassadors. A contemporary professional who is an architect, an academic and a diplomat is Lino Bianco, the present ambassador of the Republic of Malta to the Republic of Moldova. Based on literature available at the library of the University of Malta and on the internet, the article presents a comprehensive overview of the professional and academic work of Professor Bianco, work which has been acknowledged at both academic and diplomatic levels. It concludes by arguing that he is essentially a renaissance man.

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From Poetics to Metapoetics: Architecture Towards Architecture

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Contemporary georgian architectural theory and practice: the legacy of Shota Bostanashvili

Contemporary georgian architectural theory and practice: the legacy of Shota Bostanashvili

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Academia and Diplomacy: A Comprehensive Overview of the Work of Lino Bianco

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