Ornament and function go together. There is no
structure in nature that can be classified as pure ornament without function. Unlike our ancestors, when we gaze up to the heavens
we don’t see what’s really there. The cosmos is physically veiled by manmade
light pollution, but it’s also subconsciously obscured by our capacity for
introversion and self-obsession.We need to reconnect with the void to apprehend
our true place in things. The
relative number of pattern-sensitive neurons also increases as we progress from
the more primitive to the more recently-evolved layers of the human brain. Of all things that are
man-made, bridges are, with dams, the most “structural,” single-minded, and
imposing. As connectors at a breaking point, they have a heroic force that is
aided by a challenging structuralism. Architecture could be
described as the ultimate theatre of the absurd, trying to give meaning and
order to chaos beyond its comprehension. In the process of design, the end
product will acquire qualities of life when we go through an interactive
sequence of steps… Yet the fundamental lesson is that we cannot presume to know
how to satisfy a purely functional need. A “simple” function without complexity
does not give a good solution. In the modern era, walls
have become toxically charged agents of political, social or religious division…Who
or what are we trying to keep out? The walls in our heads are more pernicious
than any manmade structures. The bridge is full of implied
meanings. It is the opposite of devisiveness, separation, isolation,
irretrievability, loss, segregation, abandonment. To bridge is as cogent in the
psychic realm as it is in the physical world. The bridge is a symbol of
confidence and trust. It is a communications medium as much as a connector.”
References
http://www.archdaily.com/632062/unified-architectural-theory-chapter-12/#more-632062
http://www.archdaily.com/163889/paolo-soleris-bridge-design-collection-connecting-metaphor/
http://www.architectural-review.com/8680482.article
SKETCHES
18 Perspective drawings
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