Cynicism is the philosophy of freedom. As an ideology, it has represented the expression of the counterculture, the different and rebellious thinking; it remained latent throughout history, but recovered strongly in postmodern thought, whose practical basis is transgressive. Could it also be a counterweight to traditional forms of creativity, in the construction of urban architectural space, architecture and the city? This book explores, from a historical, critical and analytical perspective, how young and rebellious cynicism, or better, quinism, fractures the ingrained structures of architectural thought and presents itself as a positive argument, capable of generating new values, a playful and humorous response to the desperate nihilism of the modern city. Not exempt from irony, perversion and fruition, it proposes experimental strategies for the creation of new disruptive territories; in its apparent irrationality are the necessary ingredients required to understand the sometimes unintelligible phenomena of the production of space in the 21st century
Cynicism is the philosophy of freedom. As an ideology, it has represented the expression of the counterculture, the different and rebellious thinking; it remained latent throughout history, but recovered strongly in postmodern thought, whose practical basis is transgressive. Could it also be a counterweight to traditional forms of creativity, in the construction of urban architectural space, architecture and the city? This book explores, from a historical, critical and analytical perspective, how young and rebellious cynicism, or better, quinism, fractures the ingrained structures of architectural thought and presents itself as a positive argument, capable of generating new values, a playful and humorous response to the desperate nihilism of the modern city. Not exempt from irony, perversion and fruition, it proposes experimental strategies for the creation of new disruptive territories; in its apparent irrationality are the necessary ingredients required to understand the sometimes unintelligible phenomena of the production of space in the 21st century.
