ARCHITECTURE

ARCH. MARLEN DE LEÓN

PROGRAM IN
FUNCTION AND
FORM IN
ARCHITECTURE
Diana Daniela Rivas 1953957
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CONTENT

FORMAL ARCHITECTURE RATIONALIST ARCHITECTURE

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FORMAL
ARCHITECTURE
DEFINITIONS
In architecture, one of the most important elements when designing is the sense
of form. The form, in turn, is closely related to the architectural function, which
determines its concept.
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The use of singular forms in works of architecture has always been linked to the
structural principles that resolved it. Advances in techniques and knowledge
about statics or the introduction of new materials have given rise to innovative
constructions at all times. But there have also been times when form has been
the objective. When it has become a value by itself, it has acquired symbolism
above the causes that made it possible in its origin.
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The form of the works of antiquity was, for the most part, the consequence of a
constructive purpose to make an activity possible; and the external appearance
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of the buildings depended above all on the structural system that supported its
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roof, whether vaulted or architraved, and its shape.
ARCHITECTURAL FORM

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Form as a configuration or external aspect of the architectural object: every building has
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a shape or figure that can be studied in objective terms.

• Form as framed in a tradition: architectural forms can only be understood in their
historical framework, taking into account their context.
• the form as the fruit or result of a formalization process: the form of a building is not
explained except from its own concept.
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Form is a broad term that contains various meanings. It refers to a will be determined by the mastery that the designer displays in using and
recognizable external appearance such as that of a chair or that of the relating these elements both in the interior spaces and in those that
human body that sits on it. It is also possible that it refers to a particular surround the buildings." Edmund N. Bacon
state in which something acts or reveals itself, as, for example, when The Design of Cities, 1974.
talking about water when it is ice or vapor. In art and design it is often
used to denote the formal structure of a work, the way of arranging and
coordinating the elements and parts of a composition to produce a
coherent image.
""The architectural form is the point of contact between mass and
space... The architectural forms, the textures, the materials, the
modulation of light and shadow, the color, everything combines to infuse
a quality or spirit that articulates the space. The quality of the architecture
 Architecture program Diana Daniela Rivas Function and form in architecture

Form is a broad term that contains various meanings. It refers to a ""The architectural form is the point of contact between mass and
recognizable external appearance such as that of a chair or that of the space... The architectural forms, the textures, the materials, the
human body that sits on it. It is also possible that it refers to a particular modulation of light and shadow, the color, everything combines to infuse
state in which something acts or reveals itself, as, for example, when a quality or spirit that articulates the space. The quality of the architecture
talking about water when it is ice or vapor. In art and design it is often will be determined by the mastery that the designer displays in using and
used to denote the formal structure of a work, the way of arranging and relating these elements both in the interior spaces and in those that
coordinating the elements and parts of a composition to produce a surround the buildings." Edmund N. Bacon
coherent image. The Design of Cities, 1974.
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REPRESENTATIVE WORKS OF
FORMAL ARCHITECTURE
Heydar Aliyev Center Zaha Hadid Architects Baku,

Azerbaijan (2012)
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REPRESENTATIVE WORKS OF
FORMAL ARCHITECTURE

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Frank Gehry
Bilbao, Spain (1997)
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north

a- house of worship li
ancillary building c
public utilities d.
parking t main gate

1. Entance leaf
2. Outer leaf
3.Inner dome shell
4. Arch
5. Interior dome rib

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REPRESENTATIVE WORKS OF FORMAL

ARCHITECTURE
Bahá'í House
Fariborz Sahba
New Delhi, India (1986)
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ZAHA HADID
(Baghdad, 1950 - Miami, United States, 2016) Iraqi architect, one of the main figures
of world contemporary architecture. He studied Mathematics at the American
University of Beirut (Lebanon) and in 1972 he moved to London (United Kingdom) to
join the Architectural Association, where he graduated in 1977 and where shortly after
he worked as a teacher.
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FRANK GEHRY
Frank Owen Goldberg, known as Frank Owen Gehry (Toronto, February 28, 1929) is
a Canadian architect based in the United States, winner of the Pritzker Prize and
recognized for the innovative and peculiar forms of the buildings he has designed.
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CHARLES BARRY

Ba
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He was born on May 23, 1795 in London.

One of his first works was St Peter's Church in Brighton, which he started in the
1920s. His most famous project is the Parliament Building (1848-1860), which he
created with Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. Barry designed an ornate
composition in the Gothic Revival style and outlined two asymmetrically located
towers.
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In the wake of World War I, an international movement of functionalist

FUNCTIONALIST architecture emerged as part of the wave of Modernism. The ideas were largely
inspired by the need to build a new and better world for the people, expressed in
ARCHITECTURE general and forceful terms by the social and political movements of Europe after
the extremely devastating world war. In this sense, functionalist architecture is
often linked to the ideas of socialism and modern humanism. A small new
addition to this new wave of functionalism was that not only should buildings and
DEFINITIONS houses be designed for functionality, but architecture should also be used as a
means to physically create a better world and a better life for people. in the
In architecture, functionalism is the principle that buildings should be designed broadest sense . This new functionalist architecture had the greatest impact in
based solely on the purpose and function of the building. This principle is less Germany, Czechoslovakia, the USSR and the Netherlands, and from the 1930s
also in Scandinavia (including Finland)
obvious than it seems, and is a matter of confusion and controversy within the
profession, particularly with regard to modern architecture.
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-The building integrates into the environment.

FUNCTIONALIST
ARCHITECTURE -It is built with function in mind.
The most prominent architects are: Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Mies Van
BEGINNING
Der Rohe. They are the fathers of contemporary architecture. They are
influenced by the Chicago School.
-Break with the architectural forms of the past.
-Search for a new language, based on the simplicity of forms, that responds to
the needs of urban and industrial growth.
-Use of elementary volumes: cube, cylinder, sphere, etc.

-Priority to construction over decoration, to internal space over external

appearance. It arises as a rejection of modernist decorativeism.

-Demployment predominance of new materials such as concrete, cement,

steel, iron, glass.

-Use of new materials such as concrete, cement, steel, iron, glass.

-Use of pillars and beams as structural elements.

-Mastery of straight lines, horizontal windows, open floor plans.

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FUNCTIONALIST
ARCHITECTURE
DEFINITIONS
As antecedents of Rationalism we have all the architecture of the Chicago
School that developed its production at the end of the 19th century and the first
quarter of the 20th century in that North American city and later in New York.
Sullivan, the leader of the Chicago School, had said that Forms follow function,
well, that idea will be the fundamental characteristic of rationalist architecture,
that the building is practical and that the form of the construction adapts to the
function. for which the building has been conceived. An important idea is that
we react against the decorative (basic element of Modernism) and try to build
useful and functional spaces.
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REPRESENTATIVE WORKS OF FUNCTIONALIST

ARCHITECTURE

Villa Saboie
Le Corbusier
Haute Saone, France (1954)
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REPRESENTATIVE WORKS OF FUNCTIONALIST

ARCHITECTURE

Maison Louis Carré

Alvar Aalto
Bazoches-Sur-Guyonne, France (1960)
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REPRESENTATIVE WORKS OF FUNCTIONALIST

ARCHITECTURE

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LE CORBUSIER
He was born on October 6, 1889 in La Chaux-de-Fonds in western Switzerland. Le
Corbusier has successfully ventured into painting, sculpture, design and letters,
however, it was in architecture where he became a reference of the 20th century,
contributing theoretical innovations that changed the way spaces and buildings were
reasoned. from that time and laying the foundations of modern architecture.
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MIES VAN DER ROHE

One of the fathers of the modern movement, Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969)
understood architecture as something living and changing, as "The will of an era
translated into space." He stripped his works of everything superfluous to find the
essence and express, through reason and function, his idea of beauty: elegance,
proportion and precision. He, above all, considered architecture to belong to an era
and not to an individual.
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ALVAR AALTO
Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) He was a prominent architect, designer, sculptor and painter who
marked a milestone in 20th century architecture. His trips abroad enriched his training and
changed his way of understanding design and architecture in general, so that he converted
his style into more modern and international designs. He was a disciple of the great theorist
of modern architecture.
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