Transpolitical insights as tools for wellbeing

Abstract

[EN] Over the last few decades, architectural histories have been reformulated on the basis of different approaches that are more in line with the different changes in society. Giedeon's and Banham's looks at machines and their influence on modernity have enriched studies of the tools that were used to renew Western architecture. Occasionally, new protagonists emerge who circulated below the radar of those charged with analysing the history of recent architecture and their appearance has been welcomed, occupying the niche that might have corresponded to them alongside the figures considered canonical. Tackling the task of broadening the spectrum under which architecture and its productions are analysed should not be understood as an attack on the discipline's waterline, but rather as an opportunity to improve its results by considering more factors with which to make project decisions. Studying gender issues, the influence of colonialism on the societies in which it has been exercised, as well as the feedback that may have been produced in aspects such as ecology, should be stimuli to invite us to deepen our analysis. More diverse approaches will provide us with better tools to respond to the emergencies facing our societies, such as energy, climate and lack of decent housing. These problems are urgent for large parts of the population that are never considered in the debate, but our future as a profession should focus on expanding well-being.