Organic
Architecture
The straight line belongs to man - the curve to God. 'Antoni Gaudi
Organic vegetables, organic bread, organic toothpaste... the word has been used as a kind of talisman to ward off the evils of consumer societies in which so many things, from what people eat to the homes they live in, have become mass-produced, unsettling and even unhealthy.
Organic architecture is an equally loose term, yet it conveys an idea of buildings designed to grow naturally from the ground they stand on. It conjures too the idea of buildings that are made of natural materials, that seem somehow to belong in a way that Classical temples never do. It also conveys the idea of buildings that make a play on natural forms and employ geometries that have little to do with Euclid and mathematical perfection, as well as suggesting buildings that are designed to be wide open to the elements.
The straight line belongs to man - the curve to God. 'Antoni Gaudi
Organic vegetables, organic bread, organic toothpaste... the word has been used as a kind of talisman to ward off the evils of consumer societies in which so many things, from what people eat to the homes they live in, have become mass-produced, unsettling and even unhealthy.
Organic architecture is an equally loose term, yet it conveys an idea of buildings designed to grow naturally from the ground they stand on. It conjures too the idea of buildings that are made of natural materials, that seem somehow to belong in a way that Classical temples never do. It also conveys the idea of buildings that make a play on natural forms and employ geometries that have little to do with Euclid and mathematical perfection, as well as suggesting buildings that are designed to be wide open to the elements.