TECTONICS
In today’s modern era, the role of ornament and
architecture brings different perspective to each individual. Architecture ornamentation
is anything that beautifies the structure internally as well as externally, for
example neck less, or it might be a precious stone, etc. anything that makes us
pleasurable while seeing it. Architecture is a dressed up construction while ornamentation
add beauty to the structure. Ornamentation can be a part of many decoration. Using
horizontal & vertical decorating elements. When it comes to building. In
the past it stared as the idea of decorative art, ornament is a decoration used
to embellish parts of a building.
Ornament has
changed overtime, in a world where technology is taking over to a new place. An
ever increasing rate of culture, environmental are gradually lowering down due
to globalization. The designing of ornament through the ages have changed and
travelled forming different identities. Ornamentation
serves as a pleasure, sense, imagination and feelings as whole mass of the
structure not as any of its details.
In todays world ornamentation depends on various
things such as technology that is created to combat with environmental factors
yet contain some cultural part of the place/region but with minimum expenses. We
have to look back in the past when to create a masterpiece it takes lot of
effort, time, energy and manpower. But its easy to create a masterpiece since
technology took over.
The contemporary case study I choose is ’GRAND
CANAL THEATRE’ by Ar. Daniel Libeskind. The idea/concept behind the building is
to build a powerful and cultural presence expressed in a dynamic volumes
sculpted. This idea composition creates a dynamic urban gathering place. The theatre
itself becomes the main façade of a large public piazza.
With their twin façades, glazed atriums and
landscape roofs, the two office block offer sustainable state of the art work
environments. By designing multistory glazed atriums, the commercial buildings
integrate with adjacent retail, cultural and public space components
Ornament in architecture today is defined as elaboration
of functionally complete objects for the sake of visual pleasure or cultural
significance. Historically, ornament in architecture has been conceptualized as
something that is an additive, unnecessary, building component applied to a
host surface or an object. In addition to that in today’s era their patterning
does not destroy the overall mass of the building and it is simple or repeated
pattern that comfortingly adhered to the building. Architecture ornament
nowadays is combination of cultural, environmental and as well challenging artistic
task for architect. Ornament is a language which architect communicate with a user.
We as a user able to identify cultural of a certain place. Ornament often
mimics the mother nature directly for example plants/animal.
The conclusion from my view on the role of ornamentation
in architecture today is we have to progress with understanding of necessity and
desirability balancing both. The ornamentation in modern era is based on the
aesthetic purpose combine with technological, cultural, environmental and social
values.
“ORNAMENT MUST BE INTEGRATED WITH THE WAY THE
BUILDING IS BUILT, AS WELL AS THE WAY IT IS USED” – JOSEPH RYKWERT. ‘ORNAMENT
IS NO CRIME’