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Geometric V.S. Algebraic Combinations

Different elements of architecture can be organized into a whole through several combinations. The elements that make up the architecture should come together in combination to create different types of spaces. A space can be non-hierarchical throughout which can be made by using different lines, planes, and solids, but these completely different elements still come together to create a space with axonometric components, symmetry and possibly have a formal sequence. The various parts come together to create a whole, this is a geometric combination of elements. Another way to organize space is by using a series of different numbers that creates a space that is fixed, and in which there is a hierarchical space. These individual elements are combined but they create a space where they just become fragments of a whole.

Walking Out Of Cubism

European art after Cubism went to leave behind cubist compositions and create a more minimalistic combination and forms. Minimalism develops through sequences and rarely through fields using very similar shapes, colors, images, and surfaces that create a single form. It is definitive, restrained, and shows the ideas and underlying structure. Post-minimalism was marked by hesitation and doubt. It was informal and committed to tangible things. The difference in materials is what distinguishes both types. Being able to use either of these creates contrast and complexity within sequences.

Thick 2D

Fields can be two-dimensional components that are created by various parts that come together to work as one. By using the Moire effect, a figural effect produced by two different fields. A three-dimensional field can also be created by combining thicker and more intense portions. These can create intensity and power and visually stand out over the rest of the field, but also creates more complex forms and scales. Thickening allows the expansion of the field in a more modern way. These can give a definition in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction.

Flocks, Schools, Swarms, Crowds

Field conditions allow for architects to study and learn how different parts within it work, such as flocks and crowds. The behavior of the flock creates simple and precise conditions, in which there are similar variations throughout. Flocks to my interpretation fit within crowds, and there can be a variety of different flocks. In a crowd, it is difficult to study the patterns because they can be unpredictable. Crowds are constantly growing in density, but with the growth, there is still equality throughout. A crowd can be a piling of crops or the density of the forest. Being able to study both of these there are new possibilities to create a more fluid bottom-up approach as opposed to the up-down approach.

Disturbed Institutions

As society is changing around us so does the architecture and the field conditions. Architecture is no longer able to protect and keep representing its original intentions. Architects now have to rethink the ideas they are trying to put across through their architecture and conform to those new changes. The advances in technology create less of a need for the purposes of libraries and museums, and because of this architects need to create spaces that will be useful now and in the future. The changing of the society creates uncertainty and causes architects to improvise their designs.