Animating Process Translating Change With Respect
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2018
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Library Information Services, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus
Abstract
While structures In this <aty are at rest, individuals and the set
ting that sews themtofcther is not. The city of Lahore moves
endlessly. The rood lifhts continue to change, cars and
buses continue to cruie by, doors and windows to houses
and buildings continulilly open and close throughout the
day, whereasthe conductionemploysfrequentlyerectand
tear down structures, jnis arrangement of motion inside the
city, that keeps the ptce developing and changing, is in
constant flux. This mcyement deciphers the abstract exis
tence of thecity into rlalism that keeps emerging over time.
It is profoundly tied tS the aesthetic phenomena and the
performativity ofspacSs in Lahore, which then infuses a car
nivalesque environm^t into the realm. Conventional struc
tures are comprehended as built, this permanent context
canbeunderstood asa stagnant partotLahore, which then
becomes the backdilp of the animated scene of the city
that is momentary, arfd is In on unending movement. And
indeed the essence of the city dies when subjected to per
fection and being static. The architecture is the immobile
frame through which motion passes, generally, it is compre
hended and developted as something stationary and stag
nant, however, in rea|ty, it is moving lives. It is the existence
of these two realms i.#. ineiT and kinetic, which coincide to
gether in obscured aSwell as tangible aspects on the same
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Department of Architecture And Design, FA14, Architecture And Design, While structures, windows to houses, he city of Lahore moves endlessly