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Surface Continuity: An Elegant Integration
Author(s) -
Rahim Ali,
Jamelle Hina
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.395
Subject(s) - elegance , flexibility (engineering) , factory (object oriented programming) , scale (ratio) , architecture , architectural engineering , competition (biology) , computer science , aesthetics , visual arts , art history , sociology , art , engineering , management , economics , cartography , programming language , geography , ecology , biology
Elegance in architecture owes much to a finely honed calibration of scale. Ali Rahim and Hina Jamelle describe how Greg Lynn FORM's designs for the DADA SpA competition in Florence and the BMW Leipzig Factory express a sophisticated understanding of the relationship of individual parts to the whole. In both projects, a carefully modulated family of interrelated parts anticipate future users' desire for spatial flexibility. The scale also allows for changes and transformations in surfaces' form. Smooth transitions are assured by material suppleness and enhanced by atmospheric artificial lighting. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.