TWENTY FIRST CENTURY FORM: Disrupted Continous Surface

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Wiqas Ahmed, Syracuse University

Document Type

Thesis Prep

Degree

B. ARCH

Date

Fall 2012

Keywords

Architecture, Form, Function, Surface

Language

English

Disciplines

Architecture

Description/Abstract

"In order to respond to the needs and demands of the twenty-first century, dual architectural thinking must be abandoned in favor of form & multiplicity. Here form should act as a canopy under which multiple functional aspects including programmatic, performative, cultural, economic, historical, geographic, infrastructural, and climate considerations can coexist simultaneously. Form can no longer be thought of as a counter argument to function, visa versa, but rather as an independent medium in which function operates. Since function is now defined as multiplicity, consequently, form becomes the study of the method of articulating multiple conditions. There may be several ways by which form can act as a tendon between different aspects but the condition I want to explore is of jump cuts and sharp breaks in continuous surface projects."

Additional Information

Advisors: Ted Brown / Bruce Coleman

Recommended Citation

Ahmed, Wiqas, "TWENTY FIRST CENTURY FORM: Disrupted Continous Surface" (2012). Architecture Thesis Prep. 211.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/211

Source

Syracuse University School of Architecture submission

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