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Architectural Concepts: Metaphors & Similes

The document discusses different types of concepts in architectural design including metaphors, similes, and essences. Metaphors make comparisons between unrelated subjects using imagination rather than literal terms, like comparing Notre Dame cathedral to a ship. Similes explicitly compare two dissimilar things using "like" or "as". Essences focus on distilling a project down to its core roots or major aspects. Examples like the Sydney Opera House and a proposed "Essence Skyscraper" are provided to illustrate these conceptual approaches.

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Architectural Concepts: Metaphors & Similes

The document discusses different types of concepts in architectural design including metaphors, similes, and essences. Metaphors make comparisons between unrelated subjects using imagination rather than literal terms, like comparing Notre Dame cathedral to a ship. Similes explicitly compare two dissimilar things using "like" or "as". Essences focus on distilling a project down to its core roots or major aspects. Examples like the Sydney Opera House and a proposed "Essence Skyscraper" are provided to illustrate these conceptual approaches.

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  • Introduction
  • Architectural Concept
  • Concepts in Practice
  • Types of Concepts in Architecture
  • Metaphors in Architecture
  • Metaphor Examples
  • Simile in Architectural Design
  • Essences in Architecture
  • Essence Examples

 

              

                   ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN- IV

PRESENTATION TOPIC:
TYPES OF CONCEPTS IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN:
METAPHORS, SIMILES, AND ESSENCE.
ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT:

• In simple words.......A concept is an idea.


• Something formed in the mind; a thought or notion.
• Solution.
• Driving force of any project, an identity for the work.

                             "A concept, on the other hand, implies appropriateness;


                             It supports the main intentions and goals of a project 
                             And respects each project's unique characteristics and
                             Restrictions."

    
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TYPES OF CONCEPTS IN ARCHITECTURE:

• ANALOGIES:
     Looking at other things.

• METAPHORS AND SIMILES:


     Looking at abstractions.

• ESSENCES:
     Looking beyond the programmatic needs.

• PROGRAMMATIC CONCEPTS:
     Looking at the stated requirements.

• IDEALS:
     Looking at universal values.
METAPHORS:

• Metaphor can be defined as a comparison between two unrelated subjects.

• A metaphor is the use of one thing as a proxy for another. A metaphor is often an analogy, but
not always. The defining thing about a metaphor is that it is not literal.

• Metaphors need bit more imagination to interpret, while analogies are readily apparent.

• Drawing comparisons between things that are not literally alike, but share conceptual
similarities.

• Most metaphors are analogies, but only some analogies are metaphors.
METAPHOR EXAMPLE: NOTRE DAME

The process of transformation of intangible or abstract aspects into physical or visual image is known
as the process of METAPHORIC Process. The most successful metaphoric process is probably Notre
Dame du Haute chapel, built by Le Corbuiser in France in 1955. The architectural form of the chapel
begins the idea of a ship,  but the viewers could interpret it in many different ways such as a crab, a
hat or a bird.

Supporting hands                 A sailing ship

Notre Dame du Haute- Ron  champ


Chapel, by Le Corbusier, France,
1955.
    Bird     Hat
METAPHOR EXAMPLE:  THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

The Sydney Opera House, by Jorn Utzon, 1957 is another remarkable example, which expresses
extraordinary popular metaphors. The building is characterized by its organic shape, and abstracted
unadorned surface. In fact, this building demonstrated how architecture can add and integrate to the
environment as well as extending its metaphorical architecture to future generations.

Pencil sketch by Julie Painting by Brett  The Sydney Opera House,


Duell, 2007 Sailing ship By Jorn Utzon, 1957
BUTTERFLY HOUSE:

Thiago Lima, the Brazilian artist who designed


"Butterfly House", drew the first sketch of this
house by drawing only half of a butterfly on a
folded piece of paper, and symmetry took care
of the other half
SIMILE:

• A simile is the comparison between two or more dissimilar things using the words like or as.
     EXAMPLE:
     Bahai Temple New Delhi looks like a lotus flower.

     

• A metaphor is an implicit simile, while analogy is an explicit one.

• In other words, one is more literal or exact comparison and the other is more abstract.
ESSENCES:

A statement of the essence of something can also be the result of discovering and identifying the
roots of an issue.

Programming requires abstracting (distilling) to the essence to bring out only the major aspects of
information.

Architects are taught to bring order out of chaos, to establish an order of importance, to get to the
heart of the matter.

Abstracting (distilling) to the essence must be an essential talent of the programmer.

There must be a filtering process that brings out only the major aspects of information.
ESSENCE EXAMPLE:  ESSENCE SKYSCRAPER

CLIENT VISION:
Focus on the relationship between the skyscraper and the natural world, the skescraper and the
community, and the skyscraper and the city.

ARCHITECTS VISION:
For a skyscrapers containing swamps, mountains, glaciers and a jungle.
Their aim was to bring the natural landscape into the everyday lives of city dwellers, and create
oppurtunities for adventure.

                                    ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN- IV PRESENTATION TOPIC: TYPES OF CONCEPTS IN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN:
ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT: • In simple words.......A concept is an idea. • Something formed in the mind; a thought or notion. • S
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TYPES OF CONCEPTS IN ARCHITECTURE: • ANALOGIES:      Looking at other things. • METAPHORS AND SIMILES:      Looking at abstra
METAPHORS: • Metaphor can be defined as a comparison between two unrelated subjects. • A metaphor is the use of one thing as
METAPHOR EXAMPLE: NOTRE DAME The process of transformation of intangible or abstract aspects into physical or visual image is
METAPHOR EXAMPLE:  THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE The Sydney Opera House, by Jorn Utzon, 1957 is another remarkable example, which ex
BUTTERFLY HOUSE: Thiago Lima, the Brazilian artist who designed "Butterfly House", drew the first sketch of this house by d

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