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concept:separation-of-ornament-and-functionseparation of ornament and function
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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- Tacit Assumption 7: Ornament and function in a building are separate and unrelated categories.supportsSeventh assumption, a cosmological split that leads to arbitrary decoration and dead functionalism.
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- The opening chapter of The Nature of Order, Vol. 4, diagnosing the inadequacy of mechanistic cosmology and setting the stage for a new worldview that reconciles self and matter.
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- The function of a thing and its ornament are not two separable features; they are inseparable.claim0.854Argument that practical function and ornamental beauty are one when a thing is well made.
- The conclusion of the argument that no real separation exists.
- New cosmological assumption #6: both are aspects of the field of centers.
- The decorative, formal beauty of a thing, shown to be inseparable from function.
- A step-by-step sequence (posted on patternlanguage.com) for generating ornament from large centers to fine detail while preserving the whole.
- The process of getting the ornament from the space works by structure-preserving transformationsclaim0.781The design of the floor, color, and geometry all arose as a result of structure-enhancing transformations in the place.
- Ornament and function arise from a single evolving morphology; in a living building they are one.claim0.780The alternative to the mechanistic split, crucial for a vital architecture.
- Rejects the distinction between function and ornament; ornament is simply the smaller stuff created at the last stage to perfect the field.