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Project code: 2-13-303

ORIGIN OF MATERIAL SHAPES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE ARCHITECTURAL FORM

Main researcher: ČANKOVIĆ, MILAN (75483)

Assistants

ŠPIRIĆ, EMIL (47943)

Type of research: applied
Duration from: 01/01/91. to 12/21/93.

Papers on project (total): 2

Institution name: Arhitektonski fakultet, Zagreb (54)
Department/Institute: Department of architectural design
Address: Kačićeva 26
City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia

Communication: Phone: 385 (0)41 442 600; Fax: 385 (0)41 440 839

Summary: Architectural material shape has its origin in natural shapes, but due to its artificial properties it is separated from them. Natural forms function in accordance with the physical laws, withort any purpose known to us while the architectural form has its function, aesthetic, content and message. It has its author, is intended to be executed and at a certain point is proclaimed to be completed. The architectural form besides its universality posesses individuality and detail which clearly translate the universal and pronounced geometric shape into the architectural form. The architectural form is a category which, together with the purpose of a building, its invironment, organized space, meterials, construction and its technique and their interrelationship in the complex process of design and construction results in an architectural structure. The architectural form has its historical beginning and archetypes which are even today used as such or in a more complex and interlocking way in the process of creation. The aesthetic conception introduces the architectural form into the domain of fine arts and their laws. Analysis of the composition of architectural forms reveals too principal approaches to the aesthetic arrangement: one is conceired beforehand and can be controlled, although if unexpertly used it may lead to rigidity. The other is based on irrational feeling which, if the author is of modest architectural abilities may lead to obscure results. The only way to master the field and find one's own way is to study the design methods and analyse recognized architectural achievements at home and abroad.

Keywords: genesis, material, form, architecture

Research goals: The objective is to establish the relationship between the natural and architectural forms, their system and its rules and the spacetime and other contexts of architectural fors in order to facilitate their appreciation by an observer and provide an architect with the necessary background and aid in his work. In this research work indicated are: the relation between the natural and architectural forms in the domain of materials and the laws of nature, and their differences in the domain of fuction, construction and aesthetic design. These are the underlying elements which determine the framework of an architectural work: spatiality, placement in the natural and cultural environment, genetic quality, style, conposition and construction with special emphasis on the space - image relationship.

COOPERATION - PROJECTS

Name of project: 2-113-114 Optimizacija prostora za sustav odgoja i obrazovanja
Name of institution: Arhitektonski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
City: 10000 - Zagreb, Croatia

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