The Function of Form

Farshid Moussavi, Daniel Lopez, Garrick Ambrose, Ben Fortunato, Ryan Ludwig, Ahmadreza Schricker

ISBN 10: 8496954730 / ISBN 13: 9788496954731

Published by Harvard University Graduate School on Design, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Function of Form
• Publisher: Harvard University Graduate School on Design
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8496954730
• ISBN 13: 9788496954731
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New

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Synopsis

A provocative critique of the historically opposing relationship between function and form in architecture explores projects from the medieval period to the present to chronicle the advancement from reproduction-based architectural experiments to systems that addressed specific problems.

About the Author

Farshid Moussavi is Professor in Practice in the Department of Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She trained at the GSD, University College London, the Bartlett School of Architecture, and Dundee University. Prior to establishing Foreign Office Architects (with Alejandro Zaera Polo) in London in 1992, she worked with the Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Genoa and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in Rotterdam. Her London-based firm, FOA, is recognized as one of the most creative design firms in the world, deftly integrating architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture in their projects. They have produced numerous critically-acclaimed international projects, most notably the Yokohama Ferry Terminal. Other built projects include the Bluemoon Hotel in Groningen, The Netherlands, the Spanish Pavilion in the 2005 Aichi International Expo in Japan, a technology center in Logrono, a publisher's headquarters in Paju, Korea as well a department store and Cineplex and pedestrian bridges in Leicester.