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singleye
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 Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:33 am Post subject: why bldg appears as geometrical form ? |
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maybe thousand people has asked that, but it came to my mind again.
if bldg mimic the nature, then in nature, there're geometries and there are random shapes, but why bldgs appears as geometrical forms only? (mostly)
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lekizz
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| Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:46 am Post subject: |
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Obviously you are correct, most buildings are rectilinear in form, probably because most building materials and components are rectilinear too. Engineering and construction is way more complicated with random curvy irregular shapes.
There was a looong thread recently about organic architecture. My definition of an architecture that is organic and refers to nature would be one that maybe weathers beautifully and sympathetically, one that displays elements of 'randomness' - wood grain, the mottling of bricks and stone, the signs of the human hand in the plasterwork... and don't forget the judicious use of natural daylight, natural ventilation, cooling and heating. And views out of course onto vegetation or landscape. It does not necessarily mean the building form has to look like a Gehry scribble. |
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JonBailey
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| Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:48 am Post subject: |
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yes, the reason that we use these modular peices is a direct result of the industrial age -- mass production of modular peices, which consequently produce rectalinear forms.
geometry IS found in nature, and it is up to us to decipher this geometry and see how we can learn from its meaning as it could apply to architecture.
with new digital fabrication techniques [in the information age] we can learn how to get away from mass produced modular peices, and rectalinear form, and learn how to build to customization better than ever than before, and at a lower cost.
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JonBailey
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:14 am Post subject: |
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Yes this is true... this was due to classical proportioning systems...
both of these techniques are falling to the wayside
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Kevin
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:22 am Post subject: |
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Ouch, that was quick!
Seriously, I have nothing against biomorphic and free-form architecture. And I'm super on innovation, creativity, and appropriate expression unfettered. But there are many more substantive and profound reasons for the various norms of building around the world than simply a couple of lines of glibly dismissed traditions. Whether we're trying to make beautiful blobs or beautiful boxes, for robust structures, let's try to be robust in how we analyze them.
Like, what about gravity, for instance, and its general tendency in a given local and Earth to pull "straight" down?
Might that have some influence on common building geometries, perhaps? |
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birgco
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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Why do buildings appear mostly in geometrical forms??
Veering off the superhighway of conventionality just a little bit onto the dusty trail of less common geometric forms means time and therefore costs ballon exponentially, and if you have ever tried to build an arched door way, a turret, a barrel ceiling, a curved wall or a dome.............
ya wouldn't ask............  |
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Landy
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| oh no!!! please not another blob architecture thread |
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djswan
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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What's geometry?
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