![]() ![]() New architecture reconciling realities of how it IS conceived and constructed finds meaning in and of itself. ![]() Architecture was no longer confined by stylistic rules. They served to articulate the resulting architecture which was markedly spatial and expressive. The structural members were not covered, rather, their exposure was a conscious act. The wall was dissolved and replaced by a skeletal structure. The new architecture, supported by a load bearing skeletal structure represents a turning point in the history of building. The new architecture was not designed as per canons, rather, new methods for design developed parallel to the technology which enabled its construction. Enabled by technology, structure subsumed ornament. The growth of Rationalism and the substitution of the empirical for the abstract necessarily caused a reordering of ornament and structure. ![]() A society with its intellectual foundations resting in faith or the abstract emphasized the ornament over the structure. Traditionally, ornament adorned structure thereby giving it its meaning. 93-94).Īll architecture is the interplay between structure, surface and ornament. Thesis (M.S.)-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. ![]()
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