EXPRESSION OF FORM

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EXPRESSION OF FORM

Architecture is a thing of art, a phenomenon of the emotions,

lying outside questions of construction and beyond them.

The purpose of construction is to make things hold together;

of architecture to move us.

Thomas Thiis Evensen

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DESCRIPTIVE REPRESENTATION OF A DESIGN PROCESS

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EXPRESSION OF FORM

1. About the Planning Phase in Design

2. About the Generation Phase in Design

3. About the Evaluation Phase in Design

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1.1. Gathering Data

1.2. Establishing Design Intentions or Goals

1.2.1. Utilitarian Purpose, Construction Performance, and Aesthetics

1.2.2. Formal Aesthetic Goals: Dealing with Extreme Order and Total Chaos1.2.2.1. Simplicity and Complexity1.2.2.2. Regularity and Anomaly

1.2.2.3. Symmetrical Balance and Asymmetrical Balance

1.2.2.4. Uniformity and Contrast

1.3.Inferring a Formative Idea1.3.1. Metaphors

1.3.2. Design Paradigms

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1.1. GATHERING DATA: DESIGN CONSTRAINTS

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1. About the Planning Phase in Design 1.2. Establishing Design Intentions or Goals

1.2.1. UTILITARIAN PURPOSE, CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCE ANDAESTHETICS: DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

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1.2.1. MORE ABOUT UTILITARIAN PURPOSE, CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCEAND AESTHETICS: EXPRESSION AND SYMBOLIC AESTHETICS

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1.2.1. MORE ABOUT UTILITARIAN PURPOSE, CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCEAND AESTHETICS: EXPRESSION AND SYMBOLIC AESTHETICS

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1.2.1. MORE ABOUT UTILITARIAN PURPOSE, CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCEAND AESTHETICS: EXPRESSION AND FORMAL AESTHETICS

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1.2.2. FORMAL AESTHETIC GOALS: DEALING WITH EXTREME ORDER ANDTOTAL CHAOS

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1.2.2. MORE ABOUT FORMAL AESTHETIC GOALS: DEALING WITH EXTREMEORDER AND TOTAL CHAOS

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1. About the Planning Phase in Design 1.2. Establishing Design Intentions or Goals1.2.2. Formal aesthetic Goals: dealing with extreme order and total chaos

1.2.2.1. SIMPLICITY AND COMPLEXITY

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1.2.2.1. MORE ABOUT SIMPLICITY AND COMPLEXITY

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1.2.2.2. REGULARITY AND ANOMALY

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1.2.2.2. MORE ABOUT REGULARITY AND ANOMALY

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1.2.2.3. SYMMETRICAL BALANCE AND ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE

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1.2.2.3. MORE … SYMMETRICAL BALANCE AND ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE

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1.2.2.3. UNIFORMITY AND CONTRAST

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1.2.2.3. MORE ABOUT UNIFORMITY AND CONTRAST

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1. About the Planning Phase in Design 1.3. Inferring Formative Ideas

1.3.1. METAPHORS

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1.3.1. MORE ABOUT METAPHORS

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1.3.2. DESIGN PARADIGMS

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1.3.2. MORE ABOUT DESIGN PARADIGMS

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2. About the Generation Phase in Design

a. - Identification of the design elements

b. - Generation of the conceptual organization: choosing the structure (the parti)

c. - Application of organizing principles

d. - Implementation of design manipulations

e. - Definition of formal relationships and joints

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3. About the Evaluation Phase in Design

3.1. Performance Evaluation

3.2. Evaluation of Formal Aesthetics: Interpretation of Existential Expression

and Symbolic Meaning

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3. About the Evaluation Phase in design

3.2. EVALUATION OF FORMAL AESTHETICS: INTERPRETATION OF EXISTENTIAL EXPRESSION AND SYMBOLIC MEANING

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3.2. MORE ABOUT EVALUATION OF FORMAL AESTHETICS: INTERPRETATION OF EXISTENTIAL EXPRESSION AND SYMBOLIC MEANING

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References• Archetypes in Architecture, Thomas Thiis Evensen, ISBN 0-

19-520819-6• Architecture: Form, Space & Order, Francis Ching, ISBN 0-

442-21535-5• Design Paradigms, Warren Wake, ISBN 0-471-29976-6• Elements of Architecture, Pierre Von Meiss, ISBN 0-747-

60014-7• Poetics of Architecture, Anthony Antoniades ISBN 0-442-

23990-4• Principles of Form and Design, Wucius Wong, ISBN 0-442-

01405-8• The Language of Architecture, Luning Prak.

EXPRESSION OF FORM

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design intentions

design requirements1

design constraints1

design paradigms1

planning phase

formal aesthetic goals

evaluation phase

generation phase