| Title |
A Critical Reading on 12 Reasons to Get Back into Shape by Robert E. Somol |
| Keywords |
Shape ; Form ; Mass ; Operativeness |
| Abstract |
Through critical reading on 12 Reasons to Get Back into Shape by Robert E. Somol, the study aims at elucidating the points of argument and theoretical basis to interpret the new currency of peculiar shapes of buildings, which cannot be explained by the criteria of 'traditional formalism'. For this, I analysed firstly the article minutely on several levels of its plot, content, references, etc. It shows that the explicit intention of Somol is to evoke the concerns about appearance of a building which has been almost entirely excluded from the history of architectural discourse; the implicit is to theorize the possibility of 'shape projects' as adaptable, purposeful, and pliable structure and the urban potential of them to reframe the city by comparison with the traditional idea of form and mass. In addition, the allusive cynical tone of Somol is revealed as a criticism against the architectural discourse based on overestimated logical reasoning such as program-diagram methodology. |