Within our discipline’s tradition, the role of the “architectural façade” is well-established as that of resolving the relationships between the building and surrounding space. Through the composition of its parts, it introduces hierarchies and relationships of different scales, from the city, the square/street to the entrance threshold. Yet, over the last 25 years, the processes for manipulating space and materials have led to a change in this role, adding new meanings to it. Meanwhile, the concept of “façade” has expanded its borders. In each instance, it takes on new, more flexible features that have given it a wider role. The façade, as a two-dimensional, one-directional system, is the point of departure for exploring the “skin’s potentials as a membrane between inside and outside, which becomes three-dimensional and multi-directional.
Reuse vs Recicling. The use of industrial products in designing architectural envelopes
GIBERTI, MASSIMILIANO
2010-01-01
Abstract
Within our discipline’s tradition, the role of the “architectural façade” is well-established as that of resolving the relationships between the building and surrounding space. Through the composition of its parts, it introduces hierarchies and relationships of different scales, from the city, the square/street to the entrance threshold. Yet, over the last 25 years, the processes for manipulating space and materials have led to a change in this role, adding new meanings to it. Meanwhile, the concept of “façade” has expanded its borders. In each instance, it takes on new, more flexible features that have given it a wider role. The façade, as a two-dimensional, one-directional system, is the point of departure for exploring the “skin’s potentials as a membrane between inside and outside, which becomes three-dimensional and multi-directional.
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