A esthetic of imperfection: the thought of John Ruskin and the rural architecture in Santa Catarina

ABSTRACT This article presents a proposal to perceive the rural architecture built by the immigrant artisans in Santa Catarina, from the aesthetic thinking of John Ruskin. The conceptions that form his thinking are taken in light of the concept of the fantastic paradox, a key of reading quite opportune to highlight and reiterate fundamental characteristics of that architecture, such as: the living presence of human labor, imperfection as constructive virtue and picturesque beauty of the built landscape. From the analysis of an architectural set built in wood, we sought to understand the presence of the builder in both the body of the building sheltered in successive generations, and in the preservation of a know-how of traditional constructive techniques transmitted from father to son.

摘要 本文基于约翰·拉斯金（John Ruskin）的美学思想，提出对圣卡塔琳娜（Santa Catarina）州移民工匠所营建的乡村建筑进行解读的研究构想。其美学思想的核心内涵以奇幻悖论（fantastic paradox）概念为解读视角，该路径恰能凸显并重申该类建筑的核心特征：人类劳动的鲜活在场、作为建构性价值的不完美性，以及建成景观的如画之美。通过对一处木质建筑群的分析，本文旨在探析建造者的身影如何同时留存于历经多代人使用的建筑本体，以及父子代代相传的传统建造技艺的传承保护之中。