"FROZEN MUSIC"
Many people have heard or said Architecture is "frozen music". So what is this frozen music concept......
I've been reading few books related to fractals when i realized it actually explains the built space and Architecture.
When can one say a building is quite poetic, or can say it is musical.....?????
Answer to that question is quite simple..... when any architecture moves or touches a person at emotional or spiritual level. When Architecture connects it-self to the human then Architecture can be said musical, poetic.
I have listened many professionals say Architecture has to be functional, aesthetic, technically sound etc. But it has to a space which should connect itself to the user, more than any thing else.
How can a space be musical or poetic:
Start with a Space, how can it connect itself to user, how light and air are part of construction. Light should be considered as a building material rather than an element or necessity. Try to include elements which can enhance user experience of space. This can be achieved through thorough interaction with user.
Poetic space will have or conserve the spirit of the space, the feel of space.
Architecture is concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent - not with how things are but with how they might be - in short, with design.
Every building tells us a story. A story behind it, even rectangular box type architecture which we generally see today also tells us story, but it is short. It says " IT HAS NOTHING TO SAY". If a space is poetic it can say a lot more than that..... it expresses Architects and even users feelings.
I end this article with Philip Johnson Saying "All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space."
I've been reading few books related to fractals when i realized it actually explains the built space and Architecture.
When can one say a building is quite poetic, or can say it is musical.....?????
Answer to that question is quite simple..... when any architecture moves or touches a person at emotional or spiritual level. When Architecture connects it-self to the human then Architecture can be said musical, poetic.
I have listened many professionals say Architecture has to be functional, aesthetic, technically sound etc. But it has to a space which should connect itself to the user, more than any thing else.
How can a space be musical or poetic:
Start with a Space, how can it connect itself to user, how light and air are part of construction. Light should be considered as a building material rather than an element or necessity. Try to include elements which can enhance user experience of space. This can be achieved through thorough interaction with user.
Poetic space will have or conserve the spirit of the space, the feel of space.
Architecture is concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent - not with how things are but with how they might be - in short, with design.
Every building tells us a story. A story behind it, even rectangular box type architecture which we generally see today also tells us story, but it is short. It says " IT HAS NOTHING TO SAY". If a space is poetic it can say a lot more than that..... it expresses Architects and even users feelings.
I end this article with Philip Johnson Saying "All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space."
