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OSCARHANSEN,ZOFIAHANSEN
THEOPENFORMINARCHITECTURE–THEART
OFTHEGREATNUMBER
WehavecometoOtterlotoaskandtrytoanswerasimple
question:Whatdowehaveincommon,andhowarewetofightforit?
Indefining“what,”wemaynotbeabletogofurtherthanlisting
thosethingswedisagreewithinarchitectureasithasbeentillnow.
“How”signifiesthemeanswhichweconsiderproperandtheir
applicationinrealizingthenewidea.
What
Architectureuntilnow:
hasnotsolvedtheproblemofnecessaryquantity.Thegapinthe
quantityofapartmentsandsocialfacilitiesisdecreasingveryslowly,and
oftenincreasinginsteadofdecreasing.
has,asa“closedform,”notacceptedchangesinthemodeoflife,
andbecomesobsoletebeforeitisevenrealized.
hasbroadlydisregardedthetenant’spsychologicalneedsand
isofteninhuman.
hasbeenwastefuloffinancialmeans.
Architects,whobelieveinthemiraculousfunctionoftheClosed
Formasthemeansforovercomingthestalemateofquantity,havebeen
designingminimumapartmentsofthepasthalfcentury—andthese
ineffectually.Thedemandisconstantlyincreasing,andthestandard
of“quantity”housingisdecreasing.Indeed,eventhemostmagnificent
attainmentsof“smallquantities”basedontheClosedForm,like
VällingbyortheCitéd’HabitationinMarseilles,have,forvariousreasons,
failedthetest.ItseemstomethatBrasilia-Capitalwillbeantiquebefore
itiscompleted,forit,too,isbasedontheClosedForm.
Iamnotanadherentofacompulsoryevolution.However,
Idobelievethatevolutioncanbeaccelerated.Iconsidertheorganic
disregardoffreepolemicsinarchitectureananachronisticconvention
oftheClosedFormaswellasarepercussionofthetraditionalsystem
ofconstruction.
How
Ibelievethat,inagivenmaterialsituation,thepresent“swelling”
society,whichhasanarsenalofmeans,canaffordtobuildhomesand
publicfacilitiesinsufficientquantity,andonanincreasinglyhigher
standard.
Theproblemofquantity,unsolvedtillnow,liesinthemanner
inwhichthemethodsoftheClosedFormareusedtosolveother
substances—thelargequantity.Thesoonerwecastofftheshackles
oftheClosedForm—theformonwhichwehavebeenbroughtupand
consequentlyoftendonotperceiveitsdeleteriouseffect—thesoonerwill
wesolvethebasictaskofarchitecture.
Iconsiderthattheproblemofdynamicquantitycanberesolved
