The Contradiction Between Form And Function In Architecture
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The Contradiction Between Form And Function In Architecture
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Author : John Shannon Hendrix
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-02-15
The Contradiction Between Form And Function In Architecture written by John Shannon Hendrix and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-15 with Architecture categories.
Continuing the themes that have been addressed in The Humanities in Architectural Design and The Cultural Role of Architecture, this book illustrates the important role that a contradiction between form and function plays in compositional strategies in architecture. The contradiction between form and function is seen as a device for poetic expression, for the expression of ideas, in architecture. Here the role of the terms "form" and "function" are analyzed throughout the history of architecture and architectural theory, from Vitruvius to the present, with particular emphasis on twentieth-century functionalism. Historical examples are given from Ancient, Classical, Islamic, Christian, Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, Mannerist, and Neoclassical architecture, and from movements in the twentieth century to the present. In addition philosophical issues such as lineamenti, Vorstellung, différance, dream construction, deep structure and surface structure, topology theory, self-generation, and immanence are explored in relation to the compositions and writings of architects throughout history. This book contributes to the project of re-establishing architecture as a humanistic discipline, to re-establish an emphasis on the expression of ideas, and on the ethical role of architecture to engage the intellect of the observer and to represent human identity.
The Architecture Of Use
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Author : Stephen Grabow
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-10-03
The Architecture Of Use written by Stephen Grabow and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-03 with Architecture categories.
By analyzing ten examples of buildings that embody the human experience at an extraordinary level, this book clarifies the central importance of the role of function in architecture as a generative force in determining built form. Using familiar twentieth-century buildings as case studies, the authors present these from a new perspective, based on their functional design concepts. Here Grabow and Spreckelmeyer expand the definition of human use to that of an art form by re-evaluating these buildings from an aesthetic and ecological view of function. Each building is described from the point of view of a major functional concept or idea of human use which then spreads out and influences the spatial organization, built form and structure. In doing so each building is presented as an exemplar that reaches beyond the pragmatic concerns of a narrow program and demonstrates how functional concepts can inspire great design, evoke archetypal human experience and help us to understand how architecture embodies the deeper purposes and meanings of everyday life.
Form And Function
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Author : Tim Benton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Form And Function written by Tim Benton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Architecture categories.
Provides the evidence for an understanding of the intellectual climate from which the architecture and design of today have spring with writings of such infludential authors as Louis Sullivan, Adolf Loos, Henry Van de Velde, Hermann Muthesius, Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Bruno Taut and Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Function Of Form
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Author : Farshid Moussavi
language : en
Publisher: Actar
Release Date : 2018-06-30
The Function Of Form written by Farshid Moussavi and has been published by Actar this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-30 with Architecture categories.
Comprehensively compiles a set of material systems, analyzing ways in which they can be tessellated to produce novel forms.
Complexity And Contradiction In Architecture
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Author : Robert Venturi
language : en
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art
Release Date : 1977
Complexity And Contradiction In Architecture written by Robert Venturi and has been published by The Museum of Modern Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Architecture categories.
Foreword by Arthur Drexler. Introduction by Vincent Scully.
Form And Function
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Author : Horatio Greenough
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
Form And Function written by Horatio Greenough and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with categories.
Form And Function A Source Book For The History Of Architecture And Design 1890 1939
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Author : Tim Benton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Form And Function A Source Book For The History Of Architecture And Design 1890 1939 written by Tim Benton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Architecture, Modern categories.
Forms And Functions Of Twentieth Century Architecture The Principles Of Composition
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Author : Talbot Hamlin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1952
Forms And Functions Of Twentieth Century Architecture The Principles Of Composition written by Talbot Hamlin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1952 with Architecture, Modern categories.
Architectural Exaptation
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Author : Alessandro Melis
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-03-29
Architectural Exaptation written by Alessandro Melis and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-29 with Architecture categories.
Architectural Exaptation: When Function Follows Form focuses on the significance and the originality of the study of exaptation. It presents exaptation as an opportunity to extend architectural design towards more sustainable approaches aimed at enforcing urban resilience. The use of exaptation’s definition in architecture supports the heuristic value of cross-disciplinary studies on biology and architecture, which seem even more relevant in times of global environmental crises. This book aims to make a critique of the pre-existing and extensive paternalistic literature. Exaptation will be described as a functional shift of a structure that already had a prior, but different, function. In architecture, a functional shift of a structure that already had a function may apply to forms of decorative elements embedded in architectural components, and to both change of function of tectonic elements and the change of use of an architectural space. The book is illustrated with examples from around the globe, including China, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, the USA and the UK, and looks at different civilizations and diverse historical periods, ranging from the urban to the architectural scale. Such examples highlight the potential and latent human creative capacity to change the use and functions, something that cities and buildings could consider when facing disturbances. Exaptation is shown as an alternative narrative to the simplifications of evolutionary puritanism. It also offers an innovative perspective and presents an opportunity to re-think the manner in which we design and redesign our cities. This book will be of interest to architecture, planning, urban design and biology researchers and students.
A Theory Of Architecture
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Author : Nikos A. Salingaros
language : en
Publisher: Off The Common Books
Release Date : 2021-04-02
A Theory Of Architecture written by Nikos A. Salingaros and has been published by Off The Common Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-02 with Architecture categories.
More than a decade in the making, this is a textbook of architecture, useful for every architect: from first-year students, to those taking senior design studio, to graduate students writing a Ph.D. dissertation in architectural theory, to experienced practicing architects. It is very carefully written so that it can be read even by the beginning architecture student. The information contained here is a veritable gold mine of design techniques. This book teaches the reader how to design by adapting to human needs and sensibilities, yet independently of any particular style. Here is a unification of genuine architectural knowledge that brings a new clarity to the discipline. It explains much of what people instinctively know about architecture, and puts that knowledge for the first time in a concise, understandable form. Dr. Salingaros has experience in the organization of the built environment that few practicing architects have. The later chapters of this new book touch on very sensitive topics: what drives architects to produce the forms they build; and why architects use only a very restricted visual vocabulary. Is it personal inventiveness, or is it something more, which perhaps they are not even aware of? There has not been such a book treating the very essence of architecture. The only other author who is capable of raising a similar degree of passion (and controversy) is Christopher Alexander, who happens to be Dr. Salingaros’ friend and architectural mentor. “Surely no voice is more thought-provoking than that of this intriguing, perhaps historically important, new thinker?” From the Preface by His Royal Highness, Charles, The Prince of Wales “A New Vitruvius for 21st-Century Architecture and Urbanism?” Dr. Ashraf SalamaChair, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar “Architecture, Salingaros argues, is governed by universal and intuitively understood principles, which have been exemplified by all successful styles and in all civilizations that have left a record of themselves in their buildings. The solution is not to return to the classical styles… the solution is to return to first principles and build within their constraints… ” Dr. Roger Scruton Philosopher, London, UK “A fundamental text, among the most significant of the past several years.” Dr. Vilma Torselli Architect and Author, Milan, Italy “A Theory of Architecture demonstrates how mathematics and the social sciences offer keys to designing a humane architecture. In this brilliant tome Salingaros explains why many modern buildings are neither beautiful nor harmonious and, alternatively, how architects and patrons can employ scale, materials and mathematical logic to design structures which are exciting, nourishing, and visually delightful.” Duncan G. Stroik Professor of Architecture, University of Notre Dame, Indiana “Salingaros explores ways to clarify and formalize our understanding of aesthetic forms in the built environment, using mathematics, thermodynamics, Darwinism, complexity theory and cognitive sciences. Salingaros’ remarkable observations suggest that concepts of complexity and scale can someday provide a full-bodied explanation for both the practice and the appreciation of architecture.” Kim Sorvig Architecture & Planning, University of New Mexico See this book’s Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Theory_of_Architecture Nikos A. Salingaros is an internationally known urbanist and architectural theorist who has studied the scientific bases underlying architecture for thirty years. Utne Reader ranked him as “One of 50 visionaries who are changing your world”, and Planetizen as 11th among “The top 100 urban thinkers of all time”. He is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas at San Antonio.