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Domos

Columnas

Ornamento

Portales

Elementals

Universidad de Palermo
Facultad de Arquitectura
Departamento de Tecnología, Producción y Gestión
Matemática 3 (morfología)

2020 - 2022

Professors Santiago Miret y Melisa Brieva

Historically, Architecture has been torn between ornament and the structuring of form. Elementales proposes a reconciliation between these two apparently antagonistic figures. An organizational approach to ornament is proposed, while the ornamental scope of organization is explored. The elements of Architecture are the central field of study of the research, from which the construction of models where supporting structure and form are integrated into a whole that is embedded with ornamentation is sought.


Domes, facades, columns, stairs, vaults, roofs, portals, are just some of the elements of Architecture that, throughout the history of the discipline, have integrated forms of ornamentation, supporting structure and heterogeneous organizations. In addition, they have been the object of study from the perspectives of style, character and tectonics, all concepts that require deep reflection between the way of appearing and the internal organization of objects.

With an intense work on the problematization of contemporary means of representation, the research seeks to delve into the systems that make up these and other elements of Architecture in order to build hypotheses, not only regarding their organization, but also regarding the effects and messages involved in their potential transformations. Thus, the construction of disciplinary knowledge that provides clarity to the problem of ornamentation in relation to the underlying structure of the architectural form is pursued.