The concrete sublime

dc.contributor.author	Moss, J.
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.description.abstract	The essay takes the construction of the Three Gorges Dam in China as a measure of the global production of concrete against which can be estimated the extent of the consumption of water. The essay also reflects on concrete's alchemical becoming, through the interaction of cement, aggregate, and water, a dynamically unified, although tragically irredeemable, material. The essay utilises a broadly quantitative methodology, although the data generates an aporia between statistical methods on the one hand, and imaginative projections on the other. The resultant ambiguity blurs the long-held distinction between quantitative and qualitative methods and the subjective/objective binary on which the distinction is based.
dc.identifier.citation	Architectural Theory Review, 2013; 18(2):251-257
dc.identifier.doi	10.1080/13264826.2013.825956
dc.identifier.issn	1326-4826
dc.identifier.issn	1755-0475
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1959.8/152560
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Routledge
dc.rights	Copyright 2013 Taylor & Francis
dc.source.uri	https://doi.org/10.1080/13264826.2013.825956
dc.subject	dams
dc.subject	China
dc.subject	concrete
dc.subject	water
dc.title	The concrete sublime
dc.type	Journal article
pubs.publication-status	Published
ror.mmsid	9915909974801831

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