The Notion of 'The Machine in Architectural Thinking'

Keyword - TRANSFORMATION

The idea suggested in “The Machine in Architectural Thinking” was transforming the new design method toward to the mechanization. The association between the machine and architecture have been existed in archaic design, and they hardly been thinking they were connected.

The machines are a tool that allows us achieved optimum efficiency and systematic way, as well as in the most economical way. This conceptual thinking were transferring to deal with the efficient performance of the building as an envelope of activities and process. In addition, this thinking enhances more flexibility in the building shape, composition, material and sizes with the notion of limits.

As result, the Mechanization philosophy has transformed the building purity & harmony into optimal efficiently way toward to the design process, it offer the alternative and opportunities to explore in designing in our built environment.




7 words :

- Transformation
- Deconstruction
- Purity
- Collision
- Flexibility
- Systematic
- Random