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This paper addresses the aesthetics of ’how’ a building is designed. Through 2-D and 3-D morphological analysis of the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art-BMoCA (19871995), this paper aims to show that the aesthetic appreciation of an architectural work goes beyond its physicality to address its abstract logical form. The paper argues that the aesthetics of architectural form is extended to include ‘how’ design strategies and tactics direct and structure an interaction between formal elements and abstract spatial motifs in the distinctive final form. This proceeds by reconstructing the logic of geometric and formal organization of material form, which generates its formal properties. The museum was chosen because it exemplifies the formal vocabulary and formal logic of Richard Meier, a logic that endures throughout his later career. The paper concludes that through the tracing of ‘how’ the museum was designed; a deeper aesthetic appreciation of the work emerges. Furthermore, morphological analysis is instrumental to reveal the implicit formal operation strategies; and consequently, to contribute to a deeper understanding of architectural space and the formal principle of its generation.

The Aesthetics of the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art by Richard Meier