Weak ARCHITETCURE:

Weak architecture is linked to weak thought and weak ontology. The advancement of science and the questioning of god’s existence left its mark of modern architecture. The article explores the lack of absolute reference in modern architecture, what Nietzsche called “the death of God” and as Michel Foucault called it “loss of a ground”, and [...]

THE END OF THE CLASSICAL:

The idea of ‘three fiction’ has influenced architecture since the fifteenth centaury.  The three fictions are representation, reason and history. Representation is expressed in modernism by eliminating the ornamental features in any design. A column in a modernist school of thought is represented in a simple form and without the base and capital. The form [...]

FORMAL STRATEGY CASE STUDY – FORM

Abstract: This plastic-like ‘formation’ draws the attention of not only the by-walker but also every visitor to the university of Karlsruhe. It is the one of many buildings designed by J. MAYER H. Architects, based in Germany.  This article will analyze the formation of the structure, in an attempt to understand the hidden features and [...]

INTORDUCTION RHIZOME

POST FUNCTIONLISIM:

Peter Eisenman makes the argument that we have maturely entered the postmodernism and we have. Eisenman tracks the origin of this post modernist movement to the 2 occasions that established that movement; “Two indicies of this supposed change are the quite different manifestations of the “Architectura Razionale” exhibition …At Milan Triennale …and the “Ecole des [...]

POST MODERNISIM, OR THE CULTURAL LOGIC OF LATE CAPITALISM

Fredric Jameson talks about how the political and cultural changes in the global ideology have influenced architecture to a great level. These changes have structured the base of the post modernism. During the Industrial era, the capitalist mentality was dominating the social scene, and that reflected on architecture and art through the adoption of realism [...]

ON THE THEORY OF TRANSFORMATIONS, OR THE COMPARISION OF RELATED FORMS:

D’Arcy Thompson talks about Mathematics and Form and how they interrelate. The study of form is analytical and its precision is relative. We tend to describe shapes, colors and all the visible aspects of a form. The mathematical definition of a form is very precise and efficient, that you are able to make a detailed [...]

THE DISORDER OF NATURE :

‘A priori is doubtless not even determined by what is called the mentality of the framework of thought of any given period’. The author describes nature and natural history as being spontaneous and never static, it does not follow certain rules and directions. Classification and speech have their spot in representation but on a certain [...]

ON THE TYPOLOGY OF ARCHITECTURE:

The author explains the architectural typology, as it is useful for analyzing architecture and urban form. According to Quatremère de Quincy ‘type’ in architecture is “the idea of an element which should itself serve as a rule for the model”. For Guilio Carlose Argan “the type” is an abstraction and could not be set as [...]

MODERN ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORICAL CHALLENEGE:

The opposing voices of the functionalist movement have been advocating the use of stylistic elements from the past and integrating them in their work. However, they avoided any direct or literal interpretation to the original stylistic features. The author makes an interesting analogy where he distinguishes between ‘form and figure’. As figures are an indirect [...]