Excess vs minimalism.
Ornament must have a function.
Sense of order through repetition and symmetry.
Her research looks at identifying instruments that create intelligent and creative forms.
Massavi tends not to borrow from theories external to architecture, instead uses theories that are specifically architectural:
the diagram,
landscape,
blank envelopes,
tessellation,
iconography
Architecture needs to produce “novel effects” in order for culture to evolve.
The built environment plays a critical role in the lives of people.
It is not what forms represent but if they function effectively.
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FREI OTTO
Collaborative approach to architecture – between biologists, architects, engineers, philosophers, historians, naturalists, environmentalists.
Systematic method of invention.
Early adopter of computational form finding.
Optimization of materials, structure and form, i.e. spider webs, soap bubbles, grid shells, tents.
“Architecture is the continuation of landscape.”
Democratic architecture.
Temporary architecture.
More with less.
