A obra aberta de Rem Koalhaas

Abstract

This thesis reflects upon the modus operandi of the architect Rem Koolhaas patent in Casa da Música, from the point of view the concept of openness that Umberto Eco explains in Open Work (1962). I seek to demonstrate that the concept of the Italian semiologist it is a pertinent basis for the analysis of contemporary practices of avantgarde architecture, because these reveal increasingly refer to the revolutionary contemporary poetics witch Eco eloquently describes, in order to respond properly to a context marked by change and uncertainty with the openness which I think is an idea that can solve (or at least postpone) the validity of a work in time. With openness I refer the characteristics that extend the power, both utilitarian and aesthetic, of architecture. In the first chapter the concept of open work is briefly explained, in the following subchapter is developed a chronological synthesis of experiences witch characterise the Rem Koolhaas´ theory and practice, however with emphasis on characteristics witch have repercussion on Casa da Músicas´ building, and end this conceptual step prior to CdM´s elaboration with an explanation of he conceptual faze of the house Y2K, because we recognize the importance that has had for our subject of study. The second chapter seeks to reveal the avant-garde phenomena enhancers of the openness, described in the previews chapter, in the Casa da Música. Finally in the third chapter, the objective is that the conclusion reveals the effectiveness of the concept by the Italian semiologist - the openness - in this characterization of the peculiar modus operandi of the Dutch architect.