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These
principles have applied since man began to plan
buildings rationally and to see architecture as an
aesthetic product; that is, to give his building
form beyond its useful purpose.
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FUNCTION,
CONSTRUCTION AND FORM
are of equal value and together determine
architecture. None should have priority over the
others. |
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FUNCTION
AND CONSTRUCTION
are useful elements whose fulfilment should be a
natural matter in building. Only when they are
raised to an aesthetic level a building becomes
architecture. |
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THE
MEANS OF AESTHETIC SUBLIMATION ARE:
- Proportion
- Structure
- The handling of materials and colour and the
artistic interpretation of these. |
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THE
AESTHETIC DIMENSION
The deeper significance of beauty in architecture
lies in man's need to give useful objects a poetic
dimension which will communicate the 'spirit' of
his age to future generations.
("...it is useful because it is
beautiful..." Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) |
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GEOMETRY
is the basis of all architectural articulation. As
organised geometry, architecture derives its force
from the contrast with living nature, not from a
formal adjustment to it. Architecture is the
creation of man. |
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SCALE
in architecture should be adjusted to the size of
the human body and to human patterns of behaviour,
perception and sensitivity. It should not be
orientated to technical or stuctural principles or
to economic considerations only. |
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URBAN
ARCHITECTURE
Any new planning in a city should be such that it
fits into the general order and offers a formal
response to existing spatial patterns. |
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THE
CITY AS A WHOLE
has been forgotten in 20th-century urban planning.
Our new cities consist of collections of
individual buildings. Five thousand years of urban
history show that the complex structures of
streets and squares are necessary as communication
zones and centres of identity. The modern city
needs the traditional concepts of urban planning
as well. |
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HISTORY
The
proper appreciation of our historical heritage
will filter the experience of the past to the
advantage of planning for the future. |
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THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ARCHITECT
The
architect alone is responsible for the product
which emerges from his drawing board and bears his
signature. No poltician or financier will take the
cultural blame from the architect's shoulders for
a mis-planned environment. It is the
responsibility of our universities to prepare
future generations of architects for this
overwhelming ethical and moral task.
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