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Även om det för studen kan blända - en idéanalytisk studie av naturlighetsbegreppet i manifestet acceptera (1931)

Brun, Li LU (2024) ILHK02 20241
Division of History of Ideas and Sciences
Abstract (Swedish)
Accepting the natural - idea analysis of the usage of ”the natural” in the manifesto acceptera (1931)

The manifesto acceptera is considered a very influential text for the introduction of functionalism in Swedish architecture and planning. Written in 1931 and associated with the broader Social Democratic agenda, its ideas represent a radical position aiming to shift architecture and society into the new, modern age. Thus acceptera, although often described specifically as an architectural manifesto, examines historical as well as societal conditions in order to communicate its message. The writers of the manifesto; Gunnar Asplund, Wolter Gahn, Sven Markelius, Gregor Paulsson, Eskil Sundahl and Uno Åhrén, were all professionally active... (More)
Accepting the natural - idea analysis of the usage of ”the natural” in the manifesto acceptera (1931)

The manifesto acceptera is considered a very influential text for the introduction of functionalism in Swedish architecture and planning. Written in 1931 and associated with the broader Social Democratic agenda, its ideas represent a radical position aiming to shift architecture and society into the new, modern age. Thus acceptera, although often described specifically as an architectural manifesto, examines historical as well as societal conditions in order to communicate its message. The writers of the manifesto; Gunnar Asplund, Wolter Gahn, Sven Markelius, Gregor Paulsson, Eskil Sundahl and Uno Åhrén, were all professionally active as architects and planners, and collaborated during the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. Several of the writers were discursively influential in their current time.
This thesis examines the content of the manifesto through idea analysis, based how the concept of ”the natural” (naturlighetsbegreppet) is used by the authors. Viewed through the categories of view of the human, the style and the culture, the concept of the natural is tied to functionalist ideology and its implications of change, temporality and who gains access to architectural agency. The results show that the concept of the natural, according to the authors of acceptera, is a desirable ideal to the authors, and that it can be tied to the concept of modernity. It also shows that ambiguity in the usage of the idea of the natural can be tied to power aspects of modern architectural aesthetics. (Less)
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author
Brun, Li LU
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course
ILHK02 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
acceptera, Gunnar Asplund, Wolter Gahn, Sven Markelius, Gregor Paulsson, Eskil Sundahl, Uno Åhrén, funktionalism, functionalism, naturlighet, naturlighetsbegreppet, modernitet, modernity, arkitekturteori, architecture, idéanalys, form follows function, Beatriz Colomina, Sherry Ortner
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Swedish
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9173904
date added to LUP
2024-09-25 09:55:57
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2024-09-25 09:55:57
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  abstract     = {{Accepting the natural - idea analysis of the usage of ”the natural” in the manifesto acceptera (1931)

The manifesto acceptera is considered a very influential text for the introduction of functionalism in Swedish architecture and planning. Written in 1931 and associated with the broader Social Democratic agenda, its ideas represent a radical position aiming to shift architecture and society into the new, modern age. Thus acceptera, although often described specifically as an architectural manifesto, examines historical as well as societal conditions in order to communicate its message. The writers of the manifesto; Gunnar Asplund, Wolter Gahn, Sven Markelius, Gregor Paulsson, Eskil Sundahl and Uno Åhrén, were all professionally active as architects and planners, and collaborated during the Stockholm Exhibition of 1930. Several of the writers were discursively influential in their current time.
This thesis examines the content of the manifesto through idea analysis, based how the concept of ”the natural” (naturlighetsbegreppet) is used by the authors. Viewed through the categories of view of the human, the style and the culture, the concept of the natural is tied to functionalist ideology and its implications of change, temporality and who gains access to architectural agency. The results show that the concept of the natural, according to the authors of acceptera, is a desirable ideal to the authors, and that it can be tied to the concept of modernity. It also shows that ambiguity in the usage of the idea of the natural can be tied to power aspects of modern architectural aesthetics.}},
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  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Även om det för studen kan blända - en idéanalytisk studie av naturlighetsbegreppet i manifestet acceptera (1931)}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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