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    This document discusses the need to establish a hierarchy among the various elements of architecture, such as form, function, and symbolism. It notes that past theorists have not clearly defined these elements or their relationships. Simply categorizing the elements cannot provide a rational discipline or guide the design process. Problems often arise when these elements are invoked in an uncoordinated or arbitrary way. While the requirements of form and function, or symbolic versus utilitarian concerns, may sometimes conflict, the elements are not inherently antagonistic. However, when weighted equally their distinct identities are lost. Therefore, a rationally conceived hierarchy derived from the particular demands of the problem is a necessary precondition for clearly formulating and solving architectural problems.

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    This document discusses the need to establish a hierarchy among the various elements of architecture, such as form, function, and symbolism. It notes that past theorists have not clearly defined these elements or their relationships. Simply categorizing the elements cannot provide a rational discipline or guide the design process. Problems often arise when these elements are invoked in an uncoordinated or arbitrary way. While the requirements of form and function, or symbolic versus utilitarian concerns, may sometimes conflict, the elements are not inherently antagonistic. However, when weighted equally their distinct identities are lost. Therefore, a rationally conceived hierarchy derived from the particular demands of the problem is a necessary precondition for clearly formulating and solving architectural problems.

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    CT A I T " I IT O T A ' ' ILL of TH P H' T - : E URI S Express NG HE P R F HE OI O TME W I E OC Here

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    This document discusses the need to establish a hierarchy among the various elements of architecture, such as form, function, and symbolism. It notes that past theorists have not clearly defined these elements or their relationships. Simply categorizing the elements cannot provide a rational discipline or guide the design process. Problems often arise when these elements are invoked in an uncoordinated or arbitrary way. While the requirements of form and function, or symbolic versus utilitarian concerns, may sometimes conflict, the elements are not inherently antagonistic. However, when weighted equally their distinct identities are lost. Therefore, a rationally conceived hierarchy derived from the particular demands of the problem is a necessary precondition for clearly formulating and solving architectural problems.

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    INE FOR ARCHITECTURE, AND I'COMES DAHGEROUS WHEN USED IH A WILFUL OR CAPR'C' US MAHNE~ IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.

    THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE ARCHITECTURAL CONFUSION THAT ALL TOO OFTIN CONFRONTS US IS THE UNCO-ORDIHATED OR NON-RATIONAL INVOklNe OF THIS OR THAT ILIMENT. NOR IS THE PReBLEM EASILY RESOLVED' FOR EXAMPLE, THE DICTATES OF FORM ARE NOT ALWAYS ~UNCTION

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    ELIMENTS IS A NECESSARY PRECONDITION FOR THE SOLVING, AND INDEED FOR THE CLEAR FORMULATION, OF AN ARCHITECTURAL PROSLIM. SUCH A HIERARCHY COULD 8E DERIVED

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    FROM eOTH THE PARTICULAR AND THE GENERAL DEUANDS WHICH THE PROBLEM IMPOSES. To STATE THIS POINT ANOTHER WAY: A BASIC PRIORITY MUST BE 'STABLISHED IN ARCHI-

    TECTUPE WHICH IS EVOLVED FROM THE DIALECTIC BETWEEN RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE ENOS.

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