SYMBOLS OF

FUNCTION
•BIOLOGICAL ANALOGY

•MECHANICAL ANALOGY

•GASTRONOMIC ANALOGY

•LINGUISTIC ANALOGY

FUNCTIONALISM
 BIOLOGICAL ANALOGY

•Architecture based on anatomy

•Concept of Organic Architecture
•Parts of a whole
•Morphology: science of form
•Form follows function
•Influence of the environment

FUNCTIONALISM
 MECHANICAL ANALOGY

•Scientific evolution and artistic evolution follow

the same laws
•Movement and function
•Collaboration in the progressive accumulation of
technical knowledge
•Precise destination and expression of
potentialities

FUNCTIONALISM
 GASTRONOMIC ANALOGY

Demands the combination of materials of

strength, ideal sequence or plan, analysis and
testing of efficacies

Goes beyond scientific analysis; requires

intuition, imagination, enthusiasm, immense
amount of organizational skill

FUNCTIONALISM
 GASTRONOMIC ANALOGY

Demands the combination of materials of

strength, ideal sequence or plan, analysis and
testing of efficacies

Goes beyond scientific analysis; requires

intuition, imagination, enthusiasm, immense
amount of organizational skill

FUNCTIONALISM
 LINGUISTIC ANALOGY

Eloquence and expression

Emotions and experiencing emotions
Vocabulary and composition

FUNCTIONALISM
 LINGUISTIC ANALOGY

Eloquence and expression

Emotions and experiencing emotions
Vocabulary and composition

FUNCTIONALISM
 INFLUENCE OF ENGINEERS
•Importance of mathematical studies in
constructional design
•Straightforward, unadorned building unless
needs of decorum demanded ornament
•Classical proportions were modified in
accordance with new materials
•Architecture of iron

FUNCTIONALISM
 INFLUENCE OF THE ALLIED
ARTS

•Decorations and ornaments

•Abstract patterns on space layout
•Furniture design on Architectural composition

FUNCTIONALISM
INFLUENCE OF
THE ALLIED
ARTS

•Decorations and
ornaments
•Abstract patterns on
space layout
•Furniture design on
Architectural
composition

FUNCTIONALISM