Earth, Water, Air, Fire
Author | : José Luis Mateo |
Publisher | : Actar |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781940291468 |
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Forced to interact with the natural elements that invigorate a built structure and co-determine a building's experiential reality during construction, one ought to keep in mind their brute powers - earth's crushing heaviness, the erratic character of water, air's thermo-dynamic cataclysms, or the dangerous benignity of fire. Affective in a direct way, they act as guiding principles in the process of realization: While the earth targets the foundations, the roof shields from water, the openings control the flow of air, and the walls protect from the gleaming sun.