Systems tilt: from the atonal logic of the urban

Abstract

At first glance the relation between music and architecture is that of mere difference: while architecture is immobile and concrete, music is ephemere and abstract. This fact holds true for a certain perspective: the epistemological question of music and architecture are different. But when you shift towards the performative, the ontology changes. When you ask for what architecture does, then implication with music come into play, especially the diagrammatic aspect: how to organize action in time. This also implies a new systems approach.