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Elements of Architectural Design:
Expressive |
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Architects often talk about the use of metaphor in
design and we could expand our definition of expressive elements of
architecture to include this notion. When architects use metaphor to
design a building, they choose an idea or mental image that they want
their structure to express. For instance, Eero Saarinen used the metaphor
of flight in his design for the TWA Terminal at Kennedy Airport in New
York, which resembles a giant pterodactyl soaring in the air. Obviously,
an airport does not have to look like it is flying to sort people to
their planes, but Saarinen based his design on the fanciful image. |
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