Marco Casagrande, 3- 2012, sandworm
In the beginning, as far as I concerned, the building used to be the shelter or the 3-dimension space in which offered human beings to live and stay for while. Therefore, the shape of house was supposed to be fitted to the behaviors of human, not only for useless façade or the values of appearance. That is what the Louis Sullivan’s mentioned, “ form follows function “ in late 19th century. Read More
There is a popular belief that the foundation of architecture is structured on the harmony of form and function, wherein one factor influences the other to evolve into a built environment.
Phillips Rahm, in his writing, FORM AND FUNCTION FOLLOWS CLIMATE rejects the theory of rigid and programmatic architecture as emphasised on ‘form follows function’ nor does he agree with theory of ‘function follows form’. Instead, he introduces a new domain in architecture that is liberated from the static bounds of form and function. Read More
In this text by Allison Smithson she has tried to make a comparison of the paintings of St. Jerome from 1400 to 1700 AD. There are three chronological situations in the paintings which which reveal different architectural explanation. Read More
The concept of atmosphere troubles architectural discourse- haunting those that try to escape and eluding those that chase it.’
Tarzans in the Media forest – Toyo Ito
Peter Cook, Sponge Building 1974
In the text, Toyo Ito questions the 20th century principles of modern architecture and the role of an architect to create artificial environments for human beings. The relationship of buildings with the context in a capitalist economy is complex and the role of the architect is changing and getting redefined. Also this role has an impact of the relationship and events between humans, their habitable space and the city.
