{"id":2011,"date":"2015-11-11T13:03:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T13:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2015\/?p=2011"},"modified":"2015-12-15T01:28:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-15T01:28:34","slug":"temporariness-archicycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2015\/2015\/11\/11\/temporariness-archicycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporariness &Archicycle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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”Textile art is a primordial art .It originates from itself and from concepts analogous to structure of nature. All other arts, including architecture, borrow their archetypes from textile art”<\/p>\n
-Gottfried Semper<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/u><\/p>\n Why<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/b><\/i><\/u><\/p>\n The introduction of concrete, steel and elevator allowed the building to develop taller and heavier. But just as Buckminster Fuller asked, “Do you know how much your house weighs?” While too conscious of house size, we gradually perceive architecture as permanent. But could it be smart and adaptive to various occasions? The question inevitably leads to the architecture discourse of temporariness and flexibility.<\/p>\n The discourse of temporariness and flexibility could be traced back to the origin of architecture. Ancient Mongolian has a well-documented history of using tents for grazing. In Tropical House I ,Jean Prouve strengthened the idea by forming a prototype of easily assemble and transportable housing ,which suggests the possibility for buildings to be designed like boats or planes. Frei Otto devoted his whole career to seeking alternatives in which temporal architecture could perform lightly and efficiently based on corresponding material property and tectonic features. With advent of new material and digital technology , temporary architecture demonstrated great possibility.<\/p>\n This thesis develops on the belief that architecture can mediate between different conditions in response to the constantly changing of national structures, natural disasters and soaring need of flexibility in scope of time and space.<\/p>\n What<\/p>\n