Turning function into form. Historic shifts in Modernist Architects’ creative process
Seelow AM (2015)
Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution
Publication year: 2015
Publisher: Chalmers University of Technology
City/Town: Göteborg
Conference Proceedings Title: Transvaluation. Making the World matter. International symposium searching for alternative making of values through and in research
Event location: Chalmers University of Technology
URI: http://conferences.chalmers.se/index.php/ Transvaluation/Transvaluation/paper/view/1834/552
Abstract
Since the so-called »type-debate« at the 1914 Werkbund Exhibition in Cologne – on individual versus standardized types – the discussion about turning Function into Form has been an important topic in Architectural Theory.
The aim of this contribution is to trace the historic shifts in the relationship between Function and Form: First, how Functional Thinking was turned into an Art Form; second, how Functional Analysis was applied to design and production processes; third, how Architectural Function was used as a social or political argument.
A comparison of the different aspects of the relationship between Function and Form may not only shed new light on the creative process in Modern Architecture. Looking at the historic shifts driving this re-evaluation of values – from Art to Science and Politics – may also serve as a stepstone towards a new poetic rethinking of the relationship of Function and Form that contemporary values may require.
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APA:
Seelow, A.M. (2015). Turning function into form. Historic shifts in Modernist Architects’ creative process. In Transvaluation. Making the World matter. International symposium searching for alternative making of values through and in research. Chalmers University of Technology, SE: Göteborg: Chalmers University of Technology.
MLA:
Seelow, Atli Magnus. "Turning function into form. Historic shifts in Modernist Architects’ creative process." Proceedings of the Transvaluation. Making the World matter. International symposium searching for alternative making of values through and in research, Chalmers University of Technology Göteborg: Chalmers University of Technology, 2015.
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