Wednesday 1 April 2015

TWO ARCHITECTS

FARSHID MOUSSAVI

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.




1 comment:

  1. Sorry Ros for commenting here, because i cannot open HAMDAN FERAS's link to comment in there:(

    Hi ,
    It is so great to have extension for submission (Sunday now~ ), but do not forget the requirement of it which is signing on the SeLAR in your real name ( http://situationalelearning.com/accounts/login/ ). More detail information about this and accuracy of landscape of m7 would be on Russel’s blog, so it would be good to check~
    Have fun ~
    And sorry for commenting here~

    Regards,
    Zhaoxinyi Zhang

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