Architecture of Accumulation

Abstract

Architecture of Accumulation is a manifestation of the infrastructure of global capitalism, an attempt to find a form for the mass of objects and operations required to sustain global trade and logistics. Architecture of Accumulation materializes in Panama, a key point of international logistics. Architecture of Accumulation sublimates and crystalizes the unresolved tension between global operations and local landscapes. Architecture of Accumulation reimagines the organization of the industrial landscape by imposing a vertical density instead of horizontal expansion. It goes beyond the scale of traditional architectural gesture and becomes the territory itself. Architecture of Accumulation is an exploration of programmatic complexity and density. Architecture of Accumulation is adjusted to the scale of a container rather than a human body. Spaces for homo sapiens are carefully designated and limited. Architecture of Accumulation is a mass of symbiotic and conflicting fragments. Architecture of Accumulation remains in a state of unfinishedness. By the time the last beam is produced, the first one will already rust. The structure, like a modern-day Ship of Theseus, remains in constant change. Architecture of Accumulation resists simple categorization. It is technocratic to the most radical extent, where paradoxically it transcends mere practicality and becomes and architectural landmark. Architecture of Accumulation illuminates the condition of contemporary infrastructure, and utilitarian landscapes, which evoke a feeling of sublime, almost forgotten within the architectural field.