Transparency III: towards materiality
This is my third article on transparency, this time I will propose qualities that reintroduce materiality and meaning. The modernist appeal for transparent architecture is the direct result of the aesthetic ideal that there should…
Transparency II: how transparency results in less freedom and sociability
Last week I argued for a combination of transparency and mystery. Today I will argue why we should aim for less transparency. Openness, or transparency, has been a hot topic over the past decade. Banks,…
A call for less transparency (I: introduction)
A topic I’ve always been particularly interested in is transparency. By many it is considered a virtues feature but I have a kind of love-hate relationship with its properties. Yes, transparency stands for the ideal…
