How do hidden structural elements (such as foundations) enable or influence the final appearance of visible elements (form)? This thesis aims to investigate the role of form in its generative relationship with structure in the contemporary Swiss cultural context, focusing on the relationship with the ground. The area where structure and ground meet is a point of comparison, more than ever between exposed or hidden. The aim is to analyze and show how foundations may or may not become part of the final perception of the architectural body, evaluating their formal influence. For this reason the intention is to make models/drawings of some case studies, showing also the foundations, imagining to extract them and lay them on the ground, like roots.

The matter of form in structural invisible components: role of foundations

G. Baldi
2021-01-01

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How do hidden structural elements (such as foundations) enable or influence the final appearance of visible elements (form)? This thesis aims to investigate the role of form in its generative relationship with structure in the contemporary Swiss cultural context, focusing on the relationship with the ground. The area where structure and ground meet is a point of comparison, more than ever between exposed or hidden. The aim is to analyze and show how foundations may or may not become part of the final perception of the architectural body, evaluating their formal influence. For this reason the intention is to make models/drawings of some case studies, showing also the foundations, imagining to extract them and lay them on the ground, like roots.
2021
Proceedings of the International fib Symposium on the Conceptual Design of Structures
978-2-940643-12-7
Form Structure Foundation invisible hidden
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