Function of Form

Name: Function of Form
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ISBN: 9788496954731

ISBN-10: 8496954730

ISBN-13: 9788496954731

Edition: 2009

Authors: Farshid Moussavi

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In The Function of Form, internationally acclaimed architect, Farshid Moussavi, provides a provocative critique of the historically opposing relationship between function and form to reveal the contradiction at the heart of modernism. We need to move away from the definition of function as utility, she argues, to align it with how function is defined in mathematics, biology or music. Form, on the other hand, should be considered not only in the way buildings are produced, but also how they perform sensorially. Function and form, considered together in architecture, stand in opposition to the dualism which defined our approach to the built environment throughout the twentieth century. This…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Actar Birkhauser Distribution
Publication date: 11/30/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.00" wide x 8.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 3.740
Language: English