The Doppler Effect
April 21 st , 2016 Notes around the Doppler Effect and Other Moods of Modernism by Robert Somol and Sarah Whiting Image source: https://lijoreny.wordpress.com Lecture by Prof. A Srivathsan The essay ‘Notes around the Doppler Effeect and Other Moods of Modernism ‘ by Robert Somol and Sarah Whiting depicts a compelling contemporary architectural debate. Unfortunately, this significant essay is worded in such a complex manner, that one is easily distracted by the various references and terms that it throws up. Prof. Srivathsan simplifies the writing that is situated in the American context by drawing parallels close to home. The core argument made by the paper is that architectural production is neither cultural, nor autonomous, nor critical. It is projectile. While stating their concerns Somol and Whiting refer to Michael Hays’ essay “Critical Architecture: Between Culture and Form”, where he writes: “ I shall examine a critical architecture, on resi...
