Open AccessThe Set of Contemporary Aquatic Architecture
Author(s) -
Zbyszko Bujniewicz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/960/3/032002
Subject(s) - architecture , relation (database) , object (grammar) , set (abstract data type) , function (biology) , architectural engineering , environmental science , computer science , geography , engineering , artificial intelligence , biology , database , archaeology , programming language , evolutionary biology
The presented investigations prove that there exists a set of architecture connected with water. The investigations, which started about 10 years ago, state that it is possible to indicate the contemporary objects which have some common features creating the set of aquatic architecture. The relation between architecture and water has different aspects. The first is placing the object in the water as the environment, the second is when the water is the purpose of constructing the building (ex. swimming pools), the next is to use the water as the decoration material or medium for energy flowing in the building and the last one is to find any intangible associations between water and architecture. It is described as the simple method to include the object to the set contemporary aquatic architecture basing on the determination of the function of water in the building. The utility water function is excluded from the set because it is part of another discipline as for example water treatment or sewage technology. On the base of several case study investigations, it is proved that the aquatic architecture is a significant part of the architecture. The approx. 12% of raised buildings can be attached to the set. The passed study confirmed that the architecture paying attention to the water is realised not only at the border of the land and water or in the water, it can also be found in the middle of dry land, in which case, it follows the intangible associations. The immaterial relation is based on personal experience and connotation to the cultural environment of human.