Къде се намира архитектурната утопия?
Where does architectural utopia stand?

Summary/Abstract: Utopia is a thought, not an idea or a concept. It comes as a response to reality, but not as an alternative or a new reality. Utopia is (just) utopia. Utopia is more often than not deemed to be a synonym of a dream, of an idea of the future, of a picture of unattainable ideal. The major mistake lies in that a utopia is thought to be a moment in the future, an obsession with Tomorrow, while utopia is in the present and in the recent past. It is a longing for a different moment, which remains unchanged over time and space. Its infeasibility is in its static character. The implementation of a utopia is the utopia itself. It does not and has never searched to come true, for if it comes true, there will be no utopia. A utopia always remains unfulfilled, in a popular sense it never becomes a matter. Utopias are inapplicable, both physically and in real terms. Utopian thinking is inherent to an architect, who is a theoretician and a designer. It is part of the process of designing and development of architectural thought. Each design, each building, which has been drawn as a ‘better architecture’, stands on a utopian ground. Each space is played in the mind of an architect, each approach to the building, each step of the user have been taken. Utopias are often presented as difficult-to-implement designs, which would not work in the so-called real world. This article seeks to draw attention to utopian thinking as a framework for theoretical architectures, as a reference to feasible designs and a manifesto of creative architects.

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