{"id":326,"date":"1993-01-01T03:00:43","date_gmt":"1993-01-01T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulcremoux.com\/?p=326"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:45:16","slug":"risa-y-arquitectura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paulcremoux.com\/en\/1993\/01\/risa-y-arquitectura\/","title":{"rendered":"Laughter & Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

DESIGN DESCRIPTION
\nTheoretical Research<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is laughter? Why do we laugh? Why are certain things hilarious and some others not? And when they are funny and when they aren\u2019t? And finally, what is funny in architecture?<\/p>\n

Totonaca sculpture, around 700 AD, Totonaca civilization (in southern Mexico), among many others, Mesoamerican cultures played a game called the \u201cBall Game\u201d. The act of playing is the essence of rituals, and in this one, the winner got decapitated. These stone-sculpted heads represent winning players\u2026 and they are laughing. By winning, they will be allowed to go with the goods.<\/p>\n

Creation is a game. And goods obviously have the greatest laughs.<\/p>\n

This overtly cheerful expression figures represents a breakthrough, liberation from the human condition. \u201cNow they can laugh like gods\u201d. In many ancient cultures, the world was perceived as a cruel game ruled by a higher existence where we are just disposable toys. In all mythologies, the world comes from a gratuitous act, and it seems that the main kind is not indispensable. There is a sort of will beyond.\u00a0 Rite is meant to guard the human world; they are a rough imitation of the divine game. The frontier between the secreted and the profane is the same one that separates the ritual from the work, therefore, laughter from seriousness.<\/p>\n

Work destroys rituals. In our everyday life, there is no time to play.<\/p>\n

In rite paradox rules: \u201cthe last ones will be the first ones\u201d \u201cgod made the world from nothing\u201d but in the sphere of work there are no paradoxes: \u201cyou will earn your bread by the sweat of you brow\u201d or \u201cevery man is the son of their work\u201d Work to exist has to be something that product something else, in other words, need to be productive.
\nThe rite is entirely the opposite: risk and sacrifice for lives naturally within the logic of the game; therefore, there is no precise control, and the game seeks any productivity.<\/p>\n

Totonaca Gods scarify themselves in order to create the world, which is why all creation is a game\u2026 Architectural design work is considered a very creative endeavor; it is often said that an architect is an innovative, imaginative person\u2026 so\u2026 where is the \u201cFun Game, Funny part\u201d of architectural practice? To develop a language of significant \u201cFun, Funny things\u201d in architecture, this project proposes a set of \u201crules\u201d that will hopefully establish a new \u201cLexicon\u201d for funny things in architecture and Architectural Practice.<\/p>\n

Credits:
\nDesign, Research, and Production: Paul Cremoux W.
\nColumbia University.
\nLocation:
\nNYC. USA.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DESIGN DESCRIPTION Theoretical Research What is laughter? Why do we laugh? Why are certain things hilarious and some others not? And when they are funny and when they aren\u2019t? And finally, what is funny in architecture? 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