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claim:tacit-assumption-7-ornament-and-function-in-a-building-are-separate-and-unrelated-categoriesTacit Assumption 7: Ornament and function in a building are separate and unrelated categories.
Seventh assumption, a cosmological split that leads to arbitrary decoration and dead functionalism.
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- The cosmological assumption that ornament and function in a building are separate, with function being mechanical and ornament arbitrary, stemming from mechanism.
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- Ornament and function arise from a single evolving morphology; in a living building they are one.contradictsThe alternative to the mechanistic split, crucial for a vital architecture.
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- The conclusion of the argument that no real separation exists.
- The function of a thing and its ornament are not two separable features; they are inseparable.claim0.848Argument that practical function and ornamental beauty are one when a thing is well made.
- Radical claim that the highest function of a building is to be an ornament in the profound sense.
- A fundamental redefinition of ornament: the entire building, in its microstructure, is an ornament.
- New cosmological assumption #6: both are aspects of the field of centers.
- Eighth assumption that building has no special importance beyond engineering or image-making, underlying society's treatment of the built environment.
- Load-bearing articulation of Alexander's redefinition of ornament.
- Second tacit assumption, identified as nearly the central tenet of modern architecture.