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De La Psícodelia a Las Cortinas Del Siglo XXI Departamento de Proyectos Arquitectónicos Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid De la Psícodelia a las Cortinas del Siglo XXI K • •• . -:CA DEMADif'P- í \ U.S.ARQiJiTECTüRA \ j BIBLIOTECA | T6 r.f O.ÍH..J AUTOR: MANUEL COLLADO ARPIA, ARQUITECTO. 2012 DIRECTOR DE TESIS: JOSÉ ALFONSO BALLESTEROS RAGA. DOCTOR ARQUITECTO ' \ \ ¥'' o D.12 Tribunal nombrado por el Mgfco Y Excmo Sr Rector de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, el día /2- / ó¿¿ / S2&/3 Presidente D Sote MfifLtA Tp&fZézJ KA^L Vocal D -IvA&AfiÑ At-VHo /B>MJO/J vocal D TfoWAvslV^ c^A^Ao/^ Vocal D ( Secretario D 'O Realizado el acto de defensa y lectura de Tesis el día en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid Calificación ATT© SIDENTE LOS VOCALES ETARIO O •c ^ \^' Fttdicc De la Psicodelía a tas Cortinas del Siglo XXI índice AGRADECIMIENTOS 07 RESUMEN/ABSTRACT 10 0- INTRODUCCIÓN / t 15 0.1-Acotación disciplinar '\., 17 0.2-Metodología l, 18 0.3-Estructura y recorrido por capítulos .' 19 "•••• • r• . ' ' .•.,..'-• ,'..,/'• 1-EL VISOR MOLECULAR 27 1.1-Arqueología farmacológica '; ;"'-'• ' • 29 1.2-Microtecnología química , • . '".. , 35 1.3-El despertar perceptivo " • 39 1.4- LSD Architecture? 46 1.5- Rayos de colores psicodélicos 56 1.6- La expectativa alucinógena 60 2-HOLOGRAMAS INFINITOS 63 2.1-Supergráficos ..-•--••'. V : • 65 2.2-Superplanos •/•. 81 2.3-Arquitecturas pantalla . v 94 3-CABINAS ESPACIALES 103 3.1-El viaje V; 105 3.2-Electro-nomadismo 112 3.3-Base lunar de exploración •, '119 3.4- Spinners del siglo XXI, naves de exploración de la era digital 124 3.5-La Casa Tasio: Una entrevista con Javier Peña ,. 127 4- SPACE INVADERS: EL FESTIVAL ELÉCTRICO 135 4.1-Arte y meditación , 137 4.2-Nuevas tecnologías escénicas :\ 147 4.3-Electro-tribalismo y festivales eléctricos ; 152 4.4-Naturalezas electrónicas / 162 4.5-Epílogo de la invasión de la naturaleza: La Casa de Bill Gates 175 índice De la Psícodelía a las Cortinas del Siglo XXI 5- CASCOS DE AMPLIACIÓN Y PRÓTESIS DE LIBERACIÓN 5.1-Gafas acidas 5.2- Órganos eléctricos 5.3- El ciborg lesivo 5.4-Realidad aumentada 6- EL ENCANTAMIENTO DE LAS CUEVAS ANALÓGICAS 6.1 - Capillas New Age 6.2- Fiebre del sábado noche 6.3- Arquitectura atmosférica 7- STARGATE CORRIDORS: TÚNELES, LABERINTOS Y PASADIZOS 7.1- El peep show infinito 7.2- Stargate corridors 7.3- Túneles de inmersión en la era de los media • • •)• 8- ESFERAS MÁGICAS , 8.1-Cúpulas expansivas 8.1.1 - Envolturas de cine 8.1.2-Cascarones estelares 8.1.3-Burbujas multimedia 8.1.4- Psico-Expo: del Pepsi pavillion al Blur 8.2- Embriones de placer 8.2.1- La intimidad del modelo celular 8.2.2- Larvas habitables en la era de las computadoras CONCLUSIÓN GLOSARIO BIBLIOGRAFÍA POR CAPÍTULOS ANEXO: MÁNDALA ELECTRÓNICO o o . i O De la Psicodeíia a las Cortinas del Siglo XXI Agradecimientos "Desprenderos de todo y brillad" fueron las La Escuela de Arquitectura de Alicante, con palabras de Ueshiba que inauguraron mi todos los que me acompañaron en el arranque relación con otras formas de conocimiento que de esta aventura y en particular a José María involucraban, por primera vez, nuevas capas de Torres Nadal por su transmisión de entusiasmo. mi conciencia. Nunca imaginé que este sesgo Brett Steele por demostrarme su confianza y de contracultural terminaría siendo el origen de esta forma permitir que la tesis no se acabe aquí esta tesis. Por eso quiero agradecer a los que y se expanda entre los alumnos de la poco después fueron y son mis maestros de la Architectural Association. energía y la respiración, Rafa y Heléne, por introducirme en otros caminos de percepción y Juan Herreros e Iñaki Ábalos por abrir las comprensión de la realidad, y hacerla más rica y puertas de la percepción a otra forma de más feliz. .. -!v . •- ' conocimiento de nuestra disciplina y esforzarse tanto en transmitirlo. Este punto de partida me ha permitido v incorporar de forma natural a aquellas personas que de una forma u otra pertenecen a la esfera Y finalmente, agradecer a aquellas personas contracultural de esta disciplina, la arquitectura, más cercanas que han acompañado esta tarea para intensificarla y hacerla más gozosa. A desde el principio: todos ellos, mi agradecimiento por crear esa comunidad del riesgo y la creatividad. A esta A Irene, por su apoyo, comprensión y continua comunidad pertenecen: motivación, por estar ahí siempre e involucrarse tanto en la experiencia emocional de este viaje. Javier Peña, por su desbordante energía y optimismo, que me empujaron a llevar hasta el A Nacho, por su ejemplo de tesón, y su empeño final mis primeras intuiciones. en construir esta aventura investigadora con continuas sugerencias. Pepe Ballesteros, como referente indudable hoy en el paisaje de la cultura arquitectónica y por A mis padres, por todo su apoyo emocional y asumir el riesgo de este trabajo como director material desde siempre y sin condiciones. de tesis. *. Agradecimientos Ó O' .. \ o Re&uáKen /Abstrae t De la Psícodelía a las Cortinas del Siglo XXI Resumen Para aquellos arquitectos que trabajan hoy con nuevas variables espaciales asociadas a la era de los Media, esta tesis se establece como un tipo de guía. Se trata de una mirada organizada que nos propone dos compañeros indispensables para facilitar el viaje. El primero, ha sido siempre ocultado o marginado por la academia. Hablamos de la psicodelia con sus prácticas llamadas radicales, formando un cuerpo deliberadamente inestable que nos permite entender que un espacio sobrecargado de efectos y de límites borrosos, resultaría imposible de acotar hoy mediante las certezas de la idea de "los volúmenes bajo la lu¿\^ En este contexto nos encontramos con el concepto de expansión de conciencia, que a partir del consumo de alucinógenos o la meditación, nos permite construir un catálogo de siete "comportamientos espaciales" que a su vez, expanden nuestros los límites para enriquecer la percepción espacial. , ' ;'•...-.. • • . '•• r ' ' • "• El segundo viajero, es Toyo Ito que se convierte en un exégeta involuntario del programa psicodélico. A partir de su capacidad de comprensión del intercambio de los fenómenos artificial y eléctrico con la naturaleza; Toyo Ito nos ofrece, gracias a la naturaleza de su pensamiento oriental, un entrelazado espontáneo entre la espacialidad contemporánea y esas dimensiones expansivas y ondulantes del ideario contracultural. Mediante estos dos compañeros de viaje, situamos y comprendemos mejor aquellas prácticas proyectuales que se relacionan hoy con nuevas propiedades espaciales de la materia y que trabajan con sus magnitudes imperceptibles; dando lugar a espacios que se esconden bajo etiquetas como, atmosféricos, virtuales, o enjambre entre otros. 1 Le Corbusier, Hacia una Arquitectura, p. 16 10 Resumen/Abstract De la Psicodelía a tas Cortinas del Siglo XXI Abstract : ' '"• " -:':$. For those architects who are nowadays working with new spatial conditions associated with the era of Media, this thesis aims to establish a kirjd of guide. We propose two indispensable companions to commence the trip and to organize our perception. The first companion has always been concealed or marginalized by the academy. We are talking about of psychedelia and its radical practices, creating a deliberately unstable body that allows us to understand a space overloaded by effects, with blurry boundaries. A kind of space that refuses to be described trough the simplicity of "the volumes under the light".^ In this context, the use of hallucinogens or meditation, are behind the concept of expanded consciousness and they are assisting us, creating a catalog of seven spatial behaviors that simultaneously allows us to expand our understanding of space limits. The second passenger is Toyo Ito who becomes an involuntary exegete of the psychedelic program. Through his ability to understand the exchange between phenomena as artificiality and electricity with nature, Toyo Ito offers a spontaneous interlaced between contemporary spatiality and all these expansive and undulating magnitudes from countercultural ideology, also thanks to his Eastern mind. Through these companions for our trip, we are able to recognize and understand more deeply those architectural practices that are dealing today with new dimensions of matter today, working with its imperceptible magnitudes; magnitudes creating spaces that are concealed under labels such as, atmospheric, virtual, or "swarm" among others. 1 Le Corbusier, Hacia una Arquitectura, p. 16. L 11 Resumen/Abstract •o o o O' 0 ' .;•,"•-' luztrotíízceiótt o J> o o De la Psicodeíia a tas Cortinas del Siglo XXI Introducción "Te mando un rayo de luz, aunque no lo veas siéntelo" Dedicatoria anónima del libro "Cosmología Gozosa" de Alan Watts "Las cortinas del siglo XXI" es la expresión con la que Toyo Ito trata de visualizar los síntomas que indicarían que algunos arquitectos contemporáneos intentan establecer en su trabajo 1 una relación cada vez mas natural con la ingente cantidad de tecnología de raíz electrónica hoy disponible Esta relación, coincide simultáneamente con el intenso desarrollo de la técnica al que hemos asistido a partir de la segunda mitad del siglo XX Un fuerte despliegue de tecnología que ha desencadenado una densa superposición de capas Capas que se han fundido en todos los aspectos de nuestro entorno, capas de información, de materia y de energía han penetrado en nuestro espacio de forma masiva, aunque en ocasiones nos resulten aparentemente imperceptibles ( Los arquitectos empujados por esta fuerte entropía tecnológica nos sentimos necesariamente interpelados,
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