The Transcendental Stupidity of Architecture

This article discusses, within the transcendental empiricism of Deleuze’s philosophy, how stupidity comes to be seen as a positive possibility for thought. Nomad architecture, which is contrasted with the state science of architecture, has a certain stupidity about it, but this is nothing other tha...

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Main Author: Tim Gough
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Language:English
Published: TU Delft OPEN Publishing 2025-06-01
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Online Access:https://abe.tudelft.nl/footprint/article/view/7498
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description This article discusses, within the transcendental empiricism of Deleuze’s philosophy, how stupidity comes to be seen as a positive possibility for thought. Nomad architecture, which is contrasted with the state science of architecture, has a certain stupidity about it, but this is nothing other than the stupidity which allows us access to the groundless ground, the field of the real, which can be perceived as a depth within the forms which architecture creates as an aftereffect.  Examples are given, including that of the 2017 Grenfell fire and Anne Querrien’s nomadic architectural work.
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