Rediscovering tectonic scientific art
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https://doi.org/10.24220/2318-0919v15n2a3849Keywords:
Abordagem tectônica, Metodologia analítica, Saber‑fazer, Teoria da tectônicaAbstract
There are many ways to understand architecture, and one of them is through Tectonic Theory. Tectonic Theory arose in Germany in the middle of the nineteenth century, through the writings of Karl Otfried Müller, Karl Bötticher, and Gottfried Semper, and made a comeback in the 1990s with Kenneth Frampton and Gevork Hartoonian. The intention of Tectonic Theory is to narrow the relations between the culture of construc‑tion and architectural discourse, as it considers labor to rescue technique, craftsman‑ship, and tactility — a poetic reference to the tradition of construction as a means of expression. This paper aims to dive into the various facets of this theory, understanding its basic concepts through a method of tectonic analysis here called “tectonic approach”. This method seeks to stimulate a new understanding of the tectonic design process, demystifying the view that it is hard to understand
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