CONTEXTUALISM:
URBAN IDEALS
+ DEFORMATIONS"
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RECs Baeamenity". Modern architecus« pro-
roach to solving urban
‘Very beep the argument might be
tested a fliows: because form need
at follow. function
(rams and woce need not be expres”
i's the conficration of buildings
nd towns This renders” out-of
Sigultion of forms at lee
Felates directly tothe erpanizational
patterns of buildings. ‘Sock smaller
cal works serves analogue m0-
Gels for larger projets Thus. urban
orm is scem a possessing 2 fe of
lee awn, bvespective of use. cule
fine" reonomie conditions Formal
‘Sonne transcending periods ther
felore become an. hnportat com
Seraton’. Moreover, the commu
Gaive mature of architecture as
Imimesc at ven new lnportance
‘This astade depends upon the pro-
{anol be tested. While they do Bot
‘Sppear to relace avec to the so
Inti of 50 many of out urban pro-
Biems,‘ie‘ean be. arewed thet those
Prableme cannot be solved by archi
Planning proces other crea
ace wich allow wr to mabe fodee-
‘The shove statements yply an at
{ide "toward architectural form
wich, wile gave modern archtce:
fer meighbors, mull-sded and without
Dreferemial faces, i of ‘course not
Bows What, was mew for. modern
srchiecrare
he sistence tat
uration be typical
ing tpes rather than spe
cial to particularly important buid-
‘The development of Renaissance ar
Chitecrore te generally described a5
{he historical progresion from the
Loggia desl Yenoceat af Brunel:
Sch to the Tempieto. of Bramante.
‘This rowrestion i presented as the
Continuing refinement of motte fro
Incribed to real forms — trom sur-
face to volume — culminating io
fequired fo soften the ial and Com
form to both wse and situation * The
Villa Badoer of Palacio isan exam-
‘of the alterations made to. a
Fideat™, mulivsded. form tn ‘order
Sons hosed tn de wines Ths bulls:
‘igural balding hich
‘Srpendent upon reparation from is
coment, But ange from being figural
{ike the Vila Badoerh it alsoUE
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