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Plato Kostic (also known as Plato Riviera) was a former member of Kraftwerk. He played bass guitar during their German tour in summer of 1973. Today, Kostic is an architect in Greece.
Kraftwerk (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁaftvɛɐ̯k], lit. " power plant ") are a German electronic band formed in Düsseldorf in 1970 by Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider. Widely considered innovators and pioneers of electronic music, Kraftwerk were among the first successful acts to popularize the genre.
Aleksandar Kostić is an awarded architect and educator. He is the Lead Researcher and Lecturer in Architecture at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, SETU. He holds a doctorate (UCD) in the field of design theory. His research broadly explores intersections between philosophy and architectural design.
Kostic A. Plato in the Architectural Design Studio: Design as a Form of Knowledge. In De Vos E, De Walsche J, Michels M, Verbruggen S, editors, Theory by Design: Architectural Research made explicit in the Design Studio. Antwerp: Artesis University College. 2012. p. 29-36
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PLATO IN THE ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO “We say house-building makes a house, and drawing makes a different one, like a human dream made for people who are awake.” Plato (Sophist, 266c) Kostić ...
In this paper, we will use Plato's realism as a vehicle to look more closely at design as a form of knowledge. Before we look into the relevance of Plato's epistemology in design related research, a distinction between opinions and knowledge must be put in place.
Kostic, A. (2018). The Architect in Plato's Statesman. Paper presented at International Society for the Philosophy of Architecture (ISPA) Conference, Colorado, United States.
