초기 플라스틱 시대의 건축적 상상 = Envisioning Plastic as Architecture in the Early Years of Plastic

국문 초록 (Abstract)

이 논문은 1950년대 당시 새로운 재료였던 플라스틱의 건축적 적용을 탐색하기 위한 대화(dialogue)로써 1956년경 설계되었던 두 "미래의 집"을 논의하고, 이를 통해 플라스틱을 재료(material), 그리고 특정 문화적, 사회적 맥락에서 이해되고 사용됨으로써 공유되는 물질성(materiality)의 시선으로 고찰해본다. 여기서 재료가 실체라면 물질성은 그를 둘러싼 개념과 담론으로 한 시대가 공유하는 인식구조와 관련이 있으며, 이 둘은 서로 상호 영향 관계에 놓여 있음을 전제로 한다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study examines two houses from around 1956 as a dialogue that explores early architectural interpretations of plastic as a material. Thediscussion considers plastic both as a physical substance and as a concept shaped by the cultural context in which it was understood andapplied. It also examines how architecture responded to this newly introduced material by expressing emerging values and visions of futurebuilding practices. As a building material, plastic attracted growing interest among architects due to its capacity to be molded into almost anyform. Around 1956, several notable attempts brought plastic into architectural discourse, including two future-oriented houses that challengedconventional ideas of domestic space through the unique properties of plastic. The House of the Future (1956) by Peter and Alison Smithsonand The House of the Future (1956-57), commissioned by Monsanto, explored the architectural potential and material integrity of plastic inboth similar and contrasting ways. These projects conveyed optimism about plastic's possibilities while also revealing its limitations and thedilemmas it posed as a material for future architecture.