Blurred territory: Aestheticization of urban and regional data visualization cheat sheets

Design research results about the academic use of data visualization cheat sheets in urban and regional studies (iaur, in Spanish). It presents a quantitative and qualitative analysis of forty-one (41) undergraduate architecture degree thesis published in 2021. A correlation matrix is developed for evaluating data. It depicts that iaur are not being used as a diagnostic tool to de­fine urban intervention places. The working hypothesis is that iaur have lost its communication capability due to its insertion in the image-consumption econo­my that characterizes contemporary post capitalist society. To push forward the findings, two deliberately artistic iaur are proposed. Lipovetsky & Serroy’s concept of aestheticization is used as theoretical reference. The article argues that such aestheticization of graphic representation methods in architecture is part of a larger process of aestheticization involving the class­room and the city as a whole. The purpose of the debate is to wonder if the passage from traditional draw­ings to aestheticized urban cheat sheets comes along with urban informality social problems to be left unattended, which would derive in the opposite outcome: blurring the territory.

• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Antonio Nariño
• Repositorio: Repositorio UAN
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uan.edu.co:123456789/10706
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.uan.edu.co/index.php/nodo/article/view/1403; https://repositorio.uan.edu.co/handle/123456789/10706
• Palabra clave: análisis cualitativo; análisis cuantitativo; arte digital; diseño urbano; infografía; qualitative analysis; quantitative analysis; digital art; urban design; infographics
• License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0