aesthetics – Tafter Journal

Creating Culture

Is the architect an artist? Reconsidering the role of architects

Throughout this essay various possible conceptions of art and their relationship with architects’ responsibilities towards the community and their power in the creation of cities, will be considered. And the question on whether an architect is an artist will certainly…

Cities, Urbanism, Architecture and Citizenship

Decorating the Athens Metro: a matter of culture or conventionality?

One of the most ambitious public works of modern Greece, which is still under development, is the Athens Metro. Such a great project for the biggest city of the country can be viewed and analyzed in many ways in terms…