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Structure as an organizing tool for possibilities
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Abstract
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| The bones inside the body provide support and stability. But there's more: They remain behind after death when other parts of the body disintegrate. The thought of bones-even those that are not visible inside the body-conjures up images of bare bones from dead skeletons. In the living body, however, they are rarely isolated in that sense. Bones alone have a limited purpose in relation to the whole of which they form a part, providing supporting functions that serve other parts of the body. Taken alone, they are a loose configuration of fairly robust individual objects, but insufficient to form a stable structure as a whole. On the one hand, bones are invisible and penetrate other parts of the body while forming a complex spatial context with the whole of that body. On the other hand, they're not only functionally connected to surrounding components, but also mutually dependent on them. Bones provide support while muscles and ligaments hold them in place. Thus, a complex set of interactions unfolds. Bones have the characteristic of adapting, to a certain extent, to the stresses they are exposed to. Their entire growth is based on constant (re-) configuration and formation. Load-bearing structures cannot provide this type of adaptation. They are usually fully configured from the outset and are like- ly to only be adapted through targeted interventions in the event of a change of use. And that’s despite the fact that it would not be difficult to also consider reuse and conversion in order to predict service life when analysing stresses in a project. In most cases those uses can already be anticipated. The build- ing “skeleton” that has been assembled could thus make possible not only the functions for which it was created, but also those that are often in demand at a later stage and hence likely to be implemented eventually. The structure can thus decouple its own life cycle from that of the first building for which it was created and transfer it to the next building. Much like a bone, it can combine both purposes with ease: that which makes life possible around it and that which survives and remains – for a new life cycle. |
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English
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Source (book)
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The Bones Of Architecture. Structure And Design Practices / Rinke, M. [edit.]
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Publication
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Zürich
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Triest Verlag
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2019
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ISBN
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978-3-03863-044-9
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p. 195-199
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