The Sniper's Log

Architectural Chronicles of Generation-X

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Individual Architect
Cover of the book The Sniper's Log by Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Actar D
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Author: Alejandro Zaera-Polo ISBN: 9781945150371
Publisher: Actar D Publication: January 15, 2013
Imprint: Actar Language: English
Author: Alejandro Zaera-Polo
ISBN: 9781945150371
Publisher: Actar D
Publication: January 15, 2013
Imprint: Actar
Language: English

The book is like a sniper's log, a register of events for the purpose of accumulating experience for future missions, be it academic or professional, trying to identify tendencies and to assess performances, rather than to establish truth. Written for different media and formats (professional magazines, speaking engagements, academic presentations...), the texts are thread together as part of a biographical experience that reveals that theory is here primarily instrumental and seeks efficiency rather than truth. We do not theorise because we want to understand the deep truths of the world, but because we need to organise the realm where we operate, understand how reality works and find an effective way to perform within it.

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The book is like a sniper's log, a register of events for the purpose of accumulating experience for future missions, be it academic or professional, trying to identify tendencies and to assess performances, rather than to establish truth. Written for different media and formats (professional magazines, speaking engagements, academic presentations...), the texts are thread together as part of a biographical experience that reveals that theory is here primarily instrumental and seeks efficiency rather than truth. We do not theorise because we want to understand the deep truths of the world, but because we need to organise the realm where we operate, understand how reality works and find an effective way to perform within it.

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