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==History== ==History==
The word "tectonic" comes from {{langx|grc|τεκτων}}, "carpenter, builder" that eventually led to ], {{langx|grc|ἀρχιτέκτων|label=none}} (now ]). First application to modern architecture belongs to ], in ''Handbuch der Archaologie der Kunst'' (Handbook of the Archeology of Art, 1830) he defined the art forms that combine art with utility (from utensils to dwellings) as {{langx|de|tektonische}}, with the architecture being the peak of this ''tectonic'' activities. ] in his ''Die Tektonik der Hellenen'' (The Tectonic of the Hellenes, 1843-1852) suggested splitting the design into a structural "core-form" ({{langx|de|Kernform}}) and decorative "art-form" ({{langx|de|Kunstform}}).{{sfn|Frampton|2001|pp=3-4}} Art-form was supposed to reflect the functionality of the core-form: for example, rounding and tapering of the column should suggest its load-bearing function.{{sfn | Mallgrave | 2009 | p=112}} ''Tectonic'' system was supposed to bind these multiple facets of a building (Greek temple) into a unified whole (for example, relief sculptures use structural elements as framing).{{sfn|Frampton|2001|p=4}} The word "tectonic" comes from {{langx|grc|τεκτων}}, "carpenter, builder" that eventually led to ], {{langx|grc|ἀρχιτέκτων|label=none}} (now ]). First application to modern architecture belongs to ], in ''Handbuch der Archaologie der Kunst'' (Handbook of the Archeology of Art, 1830) he defined the art forms that combine art with utility (from utensils to dwellings) as {{langx|de|tektonische}}, with the architecture being the peak of this ''tectonic'' activities. ] in his ''Die Tektonik der Hellenen'' (The Tectonic of the Hellenes, 1843-1852) suggested splitting the design into a structural "core-form" ({{langx|de|Kernform}}) and decorative "art-form" ({{langx|de|Kunstform}}).{{sfn|Frampton|2001|pp=3-4}} Art-form was supposed to reflect the functionality of the core-form: for example, rounding and tapering of the column should suggest its load-bearing function.{{sfn | Mallgrave | 2009 | p=112}} ''Tectonic'' system was supposed to bind these multiple facets of a building (Greek temple) into a unified whole (for example, through ]s using structural elements as framing).{{sfn|Frampton|2001|p=4}}


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In modern architectural theory, the tectonics is an artistic way to express the corporeality of architectural form and construction through architecture. This "poetics of construction" has multiple related meanings.

Tectonics is inseparable from the actual buildings and thus counteracts external influences of other visual arts on architecture.

History

The word "tectonic" comes from Ancient Greek: τεκτων, "carpenter, builder" that eventually led to master builder, ἀρχιτέκτων (now architect). First application to modern architecture belongs to Karl Otfried Müller, in Handbuch der Archaologie der Kunst (Handbook of the Archeology of Art, 1830) he defined the art forms that combine art with utility (from utensils to dwellings) as German: tektonische, with the architecture being the peak of this tectonic activities. Karl Botticher in his Die Tektonik der Hellenen (The Tectonic of the Hellenes, 1843-1852) suggested splitting the design into a structural "core-form" (German: Kernform) and decorative "art-form" (German: Kunstform). Art-form was supposed to reflect the functionality of the core-form: for example, rounding and tapering of the column should suggest its load-bearing function. Tectonic system was supposed to bind these multiple facets of a building (Greek temple) into a unified whole (for example, through relief sculptures using structural elements as framing).

References

  1. ^ Yordanova 2019, p. 1056.
  2. Frampton 2001, pp. 3–4.
  3. Mallgrave 2009, p. 112.
  4. Frampton 2001, p. 4.

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