formalization takes command v.01
FORMALIZATION TAKES COMMAND. An exercise on shape.
"There are not concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies."[1]
Form forgotten
Form forborne
Form forbidden
Form foredoomed
Form forfended
Form forfeited
Form forlorn
Form looked at Architecture and saw the result of formlessness. She found no expression in Herself. Men had undervalued Her and, thus, disabled Her. She looked at men and asked for dignification and ennoblement, as She had been their means to physical existence, their former. They did not listen, so She punished them and deprived them from form. [...missing... explanation of a world deprived from form...]. Men asked for forgiveness and Form posed an exercise on formalization in which she would be more than dignified. Deified.
First She asked men to express Circulation. This should be its one and only trait, any other characteristic inherent to architecture should be changeable except the way its circulated. And not only this but it should also be the pure manifestation of it, a monument to the concept.
And men built an ascending spiral towards heaven, a spiritual promenade towards the Divine, an endless walk to the fields of deification.
It allowed them to create space inside or light to come through, could be done with different materials or be held in diverse ways, but it will never loose its ability to express the Circulation.
Secondly, Light should be expressed. A volume that serves light, men should create. The formalization of illumination.
And they gave shape to a conical form, catcher and spreader of light, servant to the inexhaustible source, capturing its radiation and regulating it to suit the human eye.
The third exercise was the formalization of Space. The volumetric expression of the spatial quality.
The response was the inflated volume, the container of air within the minimal surface area, representation of the divine Star and endless Universe at a once, the formalization of infinitude, which is the pure space.
The expression of Material would be the fourth one. Formalize the substantial, the embodier of the tangible.
And men casted volume. The formalization of material would be the one that exploits the properties of it and is moulded by men hands. It should not be carved, they thought, as creation should not imply destruction or waste, but it will be given form from its mass as mankind was moulded from mud.
Fifth was the expression of Structure. Give form to the capability of standing, incarnate that, what we can feel but not see.
Then they did the arch, the perfect transmitter of vertical loads, the absorber of gravity, the perfect harmonizer of the Force that rules our equilibrium. The pure gravitational volume.
Last, She asked for Function to be expressed. Men failed. On and on. They could not find the expression of function. In the previous exercises they formalized the concepts at their pure state. Now they just could not find the pure function. Form cannot express mundane uses, product of men superficiality, of men need for the absurd. Those functions born from men self-generation of artificial necessities could never be expressed in pure form. They had to find the pure function, the inherent to self-existence, the one that embraces our intensest emotions, our lives. The House.
[1] Pablo Picasso
FORMALIZATION TAKES COMMAND.pdf
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"There are not concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies."[1]
Form forgotten
Form forborne
Form forbidden
Form foredoomed
Form forfended
Form forfeited
Form forlorn
Form looked at Architecture and saw the result of formlessness. She found no expression in Herself. Men had undervalued Her and, thus, disabled Her. She looked at men and asked for dignification and ennoblement, as She had been their means to physical existence, their former. They did not listen, so She punished them and deprived them from form. [...missing... explanation of a world deprived from form...]. Men asked for forgiveness and Form posed an exercise on formalization in which she would be more than dignified. Deified.
First She asked men to express Circulation. This should be its one and only trait, any other characteristic inherent to architecture should be changeable except the way its circulated. And not only this but it should also be the pure manifestation of it, a monument to the concept.
And men built an ascending spiral towards heaven, a spiritual promenade towards the Divine, an endless walk to the fields of deification.
It allowed them to create space inside or light to come through, could be done with different materials or be held in diverse ways, but it will never loose its ability to express the Circulation.
Secondly, Light should be expressed. A volume that serves light, men should create. The formalization of illumination.
And they gave shape to a conical form, catcher and spreader of light, servant to the inexhaustible source, capturing its radiation and regulating it to suit the human eye.
The third exercise was the formalization of Space. The volumetric expression of the spatial quality.
The response was the inflated volume, the container of air within the minimal surface area, representation of the divine Star and endless Universe at a once, the formalization of infinitude, which is the pure space.
The expression of Material would be the fourth one. Formalize the substantial, the embodier of the tangible.
And men casted volume. The formalization of material would be the one that exploits the properties of it and is moulded by men hands. It should not be carved, they thought, as creation should not imply destruction or waste, but it will be given form from its mass as mankind was moulded from mud.
Fifth was the expression of Structure. Give form to the capability of standing, incarnate that, what we can feel but not see.
Then they did the arch, the perfect transmitter of vertical loads, the absorber of gravity, the perfect harmonizer of the Force that rules our equilibrium. The pure gravitational volume.
Last, She asked for Function to be expressed. Men failed. On and on. They could not find the expression of function. In the previous exercises they formalized the concepts at their pure state. Now they just could not find the pure function. Form cannot express mundane uses, product of men superficiality, of men need for the absurd. Those functions born from men self-generation of artificial necessities could never be expressed in pure form. They had to find the pure function, the inherent to self-existence, the one that embraces our intensest emotions, our lives. The House.
[1] Pablo Picasso
FORMALIZATION TAKES COMMAND.pdf
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