In Class Assignment 6

What is the relationship between the form&function over the lifespan at an architectural work?Meaning, how does renovation, adaptive reuse, etc, affect how buildings are both designed initially and transformed later?

“Classic architecture was all fixation of the fixture. Yes, entirely so. Now why not let wall, ceiling and floors become seen as component part of each other?” Above is the opinion of FRANK L. WRIGHT that means we can not only judge a building functionalism ony by its look but also interior architecture. Otherwise, interior is no different and loss of aesthetics value compare to exterior. But due to the evolution of era, it also bring a huge changing of humanism,.So, a building functionality maybe will be ignored by people with different concept of thinking in new era, and so, it will be abandoned and become out of phase of humanism-as stated byPETER EISENMEN .So, the only way that can increase the life span of a building is adaptive reuse or renovation.

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FOCUS ON PETER EISENMAN IS FOCUS ON FUNCTIONALISM

THE AESTHETIC VALUE OF BUILDING BASED ON HUMANLISM

Adaptive reuse refers to the process of reusing an old site or building for a purpose other than which it was built or designed for. Along with brownfield reclamation, adaptive reuse is seen by many as a key factor in land conservation and the reduction of urban sprawl. However adaptive reuse can become controversial as there is sometimes a blurred line between renovation, facadism and adaptive reuse. It can be regarded as a compromise between historic preservation and demolition.

Building Metaphor

Container - Form , aesthetic of building

Liquid - usefulness , function

As the sentences go like :

You add water into the bottle , it becomes THE BOTTLE ;

You add water into the teapot , it becomes THE TEAPOT;

You add water into the cup , it becomes THE CUP .

Functionalism is created and modified by human ,

the form of the building(shape of container) is interchangeable with the content .(water)

Nowadays, there are many renovated buildings which designed by architect to serve a better uses of space , or totally changes the lifestyle of the users , or remain unchanged of the function , but make some changes in facade , or the aesthetic outlook.But first we look into , why have those buildings lost their identity of historical monuments ? why must they undergo this kind of process ? To me , i think the simple answer is : Although the quality of the spaces has faded , there must be something valuable, which is essential that has to be preserved , ( which i think is related to USEFULNESS - function ) or the magnificient ,form of the building that was no longer exist nowadays.Thus,the connection between usefulness & aesthetic , usefulness & purpose are overwhelming the system of the architectural work in this case.

SEKEPING PINANG

Being located inside the typical old shoplot area , this creative cafe & guest house was once a chinese old shop and was being adaptive reuse to a totally different function along that road.It seems like hidden inside , trying to bring out the sense of humanism and functionalism. Mr Ng achieved a success in merging the elements with each other and connect tightly the function and the aesthetic sence of the building. Form was being unchanged ( location unchanged , framing structure unchanged.)He brought out a different Space quality where the typical guest house and cafe will no be able to exist .

By using the traditional structure , the space has interaction with the outer space (nature) ,which widen the function of the initial building.(shops,only the workers can fully understand the space quality or funciton,customers who are just spending few minutes times those days didn't have the chance to encounter that senses or usefulness of it.

Building framing structure helps a lot in creating the new function inside this building , not only using walls , partition but also beams , ventiltaion holes ,skylight etc.

By making the elements like flowing into each other .this adaptive reuse example is like an area with soul , many different relationships can be seen and noticed throughout every connection and corner inside.