ABSTRACT
Architecture could begin an exploration of the 'between' within these categories. And Derrida has likewise written of an architectural 'supplementarity', a movement of differance between and within concepts that would open up hitherto unthought-of inventive possibilities. Now as for architecture, the author thinks that Deconstruction comes about—let us carry on using this word to save time—when students have deconstructed some architectural philosophy, some architectural assumptions—for instance, the hegemony of the aesthetic, of beauty, the hegemony of usefulness, of functionality, of living, of dwelling. The fact that architecture has always been interpreted as dwelling, or the element of dwelling—dwelling for human beings or dwelling for the gods—the place where gods or people are present or gathering or living or so on. Architecture is essentially constructive. It builds up structures, depends on joint endeavours of mutual confidence, the combination of foresight, goodwill and investment—all of which Deconstruction undermines, if not totally destroys.
