Peter Eisenman | Post-Functionalism
Peter Eisenman | Post-Functionalism
The transcript discusses the theory of modern architecture where it was outmoded functionalism and sees modern architecture as an obsessional formalism. As in fact, most of the buildings are having formalism where there is a common type of design for a particular function used.
In other words, in humanism, the form of buildings and structures was largely inspired by the human body, making man the center of all things. Functionalism supposedly allows for structures to have a form that is perfectly tailored to the function or program. As such, because the program is based on human needs and activities, functionalism can truly be seen as simply a later phase of humanism.
“functionalism is really no more than a late phase of humanism, rather than an alternative to it,”
He argues that architects have been stuck following an oversimplified “form follows function” formula and recounts the form and function debate, tracing it back to the humanism that began in the Renaissance. He suggests that in pre-industrial humanist practice, a balance between form and function could be maintained because both types and functions were invested with an idealist view of man’s relationship to his object world. This balance was fundamentally disrupted with the rise of industrialization, and architecture became a social art.
Studio IV | Pasar Sungai Chua
Pasar Sungai Chua is a warehouse to shelter all the grocery and daily necessities goods. What if we can adaptive reuse the warehouse to develop an interesting form and suit the function and additional community area? If we balance the form and function where both of the requirements are met and form a good relationship, it would achieve an idealist view of man and world. The prefabricated component is way too formal but we can evolve the component into something useful, it would able to adapt the balance between form and function.
The transcript discusses the theory of modern architecture where it was outmoded functionalism and sees modern architecture as an obsessional formalism. As in fact, most of the buildings are having formalism where there is a common type of design for a particular function used.
In other words, in humanism, the form of buildings and structures was largely inspired by the human body, making man the center of all things. Functionalism supposedly allows for structures to have a form that is perfectly tailored to the function or program. As such, because the program is based on human needs and activities, functionalism can truly be seen as simply a later phase of humanism.
“functionalism is really no more than a late phase of humanism, rather than an alternative to it,”
He argues that architects have been stuck following an oversimplified “form follows function” formula and recounts the form and function debate, tracing it back to the humanism that began in the Renaissance. He suggests that in pre-industrial humanist practice, a balance between form and function could be maintained because both types and functions were invested with an idealist view of man’s relationship to his object world. This balance was fundamentally disrupted with the rise of industrialization, and architecture became a social art.
Studio IV | Pasar Sungai Chua
Pasar Sungai Chua is a warehouse to shelter all the grocery and daily necessities goods. What if we can adaptive reuse the warehouse to develop an interesting form and suit the function and additional community area? If we balance the form and function where both of the requirements are met and form a good relationship, it would achieve an idealist view of man and world. The prefabricated component is way too formal but we can evolve the component into something useful, it would able to adapt the balance between form and function.
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