The function of ornament

by Kubo, Michael Moussavi, Farshid

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Title Statements

Full title :The function of ornament / edited by Farshid Moussavi and Michael Kubo ; with drawings by J. Seth Hoffman, Joshua Dannenberg, Raha Talebi and Fred Holt.

Summary

"Architecture needs mechanisms that allow it to become connected to culture. It achieves this by continually capturing the forces that shape society as material to work with. Architecture's materiality is therefore a composite one, made up of visible forces (structural, functional, physical) as well as invisible forces (cultural, political, temporal). Architecture progresses through new concepts that connect with these forces, manifesting itself in new aesthetic compositions and affects. Ornament is the by-product of this process, through which architectural material is organized to transmit unique affects. This book is a graphic guide to ornaments in the twentieth century. It unveils the function of ornament as the agent for specific affects, dismantling the idea that ornament is applied to buildings as a discrete or non-essential entity. Each case operates through greater or lesser depth to exploit specific synergies between the exterior and the interior, constructing an internal order between ornament and material. These internal orders produce expressions that are contemporary, yet whose affects are resilient in time."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2008.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Actar
Place of Publication:Barcelona
Language:eng
Publication Date:2008.

Notes

"The drawings of in this book are entirely the work and interpretation of students at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design."--Colophon.

The Physical Object

Description:[189] pages : : chiefly illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:8496540502, 9788496540507
oclc:ocn555545425
LC Classification:NA3320
Dewey Decimal:729

Subjects

Architectural design architectural ornament Architecture -- Détails Architecture, Modern Architecture, Modern -- Details Building -- Details Construction -- Détails Curtain walls curtain walls (nonbearing walls) Decoration and ornament, Architectural Décoration et ornement architecturaux Design architectural Murs-rideaux