Form Follows Concept - Expression of Concept in a Conceptual Planning

Abstract:

While “Form follows function” is a familiar tenet of 20th century architecture, originally expressed by the Bauhaus School of Design and popularized in America by Frank Lloyd Wright, today’s architectural form usually starts from pursuit of design concepts, a process of an intuitive understanding of design problems solving. The process of making concepts is often associated with the starting point of a long journey, where designers keep improving on and adding details on the concepts until concepts evolve to be innovative and operable. In a conceptual planning with a specific context, the form of the whole design, including layout, architecture and landscape, comes into being naturally according to the expression of concept.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 638-640)
• Pages: 2213-2217
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.638-640.2213
• Online since: September 2014
• Authors: Cheng Liu*, Yi Fei Wu
• Keywords: Concept, Conceptual Planning, Form

References

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[3] Cui Sichang: Modern architecture and folk culture. (Tianjin University Press. China, 2000).