Architecture By Bernard Tschumi

Lars von Trier propose that, beyond its traditional conventions of representation, architecture resides in the superimposition of space, movement, and events. The event, in particular, is the figurative origin of architecture itself, through which Tschumi proposes an architecture of difference and opposition rather than synthesis and totality. Narrative techniques—be they pictorial or cinematic—evoke the ability of fiction to produce an alternative form of critique.

Bernard Tschumi was already widely known for his theoretical drawings and written texts, like The Manhattan Transcripts developed in the late 1970s, in which he transcribed aspects normally removed from conventional architectural representation, like the complex relationship between spaces and their use. He believed that there was no architecture without events, actions or activity.

presents sterotypes of its culture and physical constituition. such films are intimately tied to the phenomenon of objects out of context or like peices in a museum

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Reveals that it is a conceptual architectural component, neither a wall nor a actual representation of interior space. The text marked on a floor informs the viewer with the exact function of each space division. The elimination of the walls leaves the characters exposed and permits the viewer to see beyond into
In other words representation reflect a way in which world is seen. As Dogville serves as a cultural critisism of enclosed societies. The architectural elements are pushed to the background in order to fully expose the interaction and human activities. The same way as a photographer who "restricted the information about the museum by focusing his camera on the boys in the foreground, leaving the building somewhat blurred"