Ashes Thrown to the Wind: The Elusive Nature of Transgression. (November 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Littlefield, David; Mosley, Jonathan; Sara, Rachel
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 83:Number 6(2013:Nov./Dec.)
• Page Start: 124
• Page End: 129
• Publication Date: 2013-11
• Subjects: 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.1686
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Transgression is not absolute. What constitutes a transgression is forever in flux, being redefined with the mores of society. The potential for transgression also does not halt with the completion of a building. <bold>David Littlefield</bold> examines the temporal character of transgression in relation to lived‐in buildings, and the manner in which transgression lodges itself between a building and an idea. Here transgression is a byproduct of the occupiers rather than their makers, sometimes to the extent that a building can take on unbearably horrific associations.</p> </abstract>