The Function of Form
by Farshid Moussavi
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Author: Farshid MoussaviEditor: Daniel Lopez
Editor: Garrick Ambrose
Editor: Ben Fortunato
Editor: Ryan R. Ludwig
Editor: Ahmadreza Schricker
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-11-30
ISBN: 8496954730
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Actar and Harvard Graduate School of Design
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Summary: 5 Stars
What else to say but a big WOW.. This book is actually what i really need it.
Concerning the fact that i was interested in origami(tell you the truth i am a bit of an addict), but since i intend to be a
graduate architect, i was searching something that will transcend the function of origami as an "art made of paper" and
searching for a new form in architecture.
So, by and large, this book has its basics in what i needed.. I recommend it to anyone who searches how to learn the "liberty" of melding forms and applying its functionality in everyday life.
Summary of The Function of Form
The Function of Form explores the production of singular affects through systems that relate form and content. This is an essential graphic manual on structural systems and their capacity to produce a variety of forms. Extracting their base geometric unit, a wide range of historical projects from the Medieval to the present are used as systems to proliferate different forms. The book distinguishes tessellation from modulation as a type of flexible system for producing complex repetition through diverse parts. The research presented aims to move architectural experiments away from 'mechanistic' notions of systems for re-producing forms, to 'machinic' notions of systems that determine how parts of an architectural problem interrelate and multiply. This open nature of transversal systems leads to new actualized forms and novel affects.Arts & Photography Books
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