Hyperbole/Exaggeration

• Hyperbole/Exaggeration
• Incongruity
• Slapstick
• Surprise
• Sarcasm
• Irony
• Pun

Hyperbole achieved through scale ,

exterior features, forms and shapes etc
Incongruity Slapstick- Deliberate clumsy
action

In films by Charley Chase, for instance, the

interior is presented as a precision
Inconguity could be achieved through mechanical apparatus for a perfectly timed
mismatch in the form and function , and choreography of characters chasing each
various features other
Surprise Irony
Add unexpected forms, recesses or features
Vary floor levels.
Vary ceiling height
Introduce unexpected views

Could deconstructivism be an
irony of architecture ?!