Ancestrality contra History, and the Relevance of ＂Humanism(s)＂ to the Question of Architecture in the Age of Intelligent Machines

韓榮耕(Thomas Tilluca Han)

《實踐設計學報》 14期 (2020/11) Pp. 28-51

摘要

The study is a meditation of the conditions and requirements under which architecture is a product of thought, as opposed to whim of fashion. We begin with Aristoteles' idea that thinking begins in wonderment, and examine how this is reflected in the ancient practice of inscribing on architecture. The study is anchored in Vitruvius' ＂suggestion＂ regarding what an architect should possess as his qualification. The meaning of this ＂suggestion＂ is examined under the Roman concept of Humanitas, and how the original Roman concept of Humanitas was changed in the modern formulation of Materialist Humanism. The following list of seven principles and definitions frame the topics discussed in this paper. Wonderment is the cause (arche) of ＂asking,＂ and reception of truths. The capacity for wonderment is the essence of humanity, of being human. There are truths that are outside the reticule of knowledge. We have access to such truths. This path of access, we call ＂ancestrality.＂ Ancestrality is the name given to the rhizomatic configuration of ＂transmitters of consciousness.＂ Ancestrality is the constant pre-sence of, and in, the ＂fire＂ that testifies to self's origins through multiple lines of entrance into the history of reality. The concept of ＂ancestors＂ is not relegated to the past, but a present doorway to the space-time of non-history. As such, includes, but also exceeds the concept of biological lineage, or bloodlines. All of the above are the foundation of the 3-way bond the unites Man, Architecture, and Tradition.

關鍵字

Architecture ； Ancestrality ； Inscription ； Wonderment ； Traditionalism ； Intuition ； Rationality ； Materialist Humanism ； Homeorhesis