Moussavi: environmental integration
Barragan: minimalism
The combined concept for these two:
"Minimalistic Integration is when the object becomes part of the environment, achieved through the use of simple shapes and structures that results in a contradictory piece of work, where it is both embedded and integrated into its surroundings, yet still contrasts and redefines itself in the landscape."
Because Moussavi and Barragan have very different concepts and approaches to architecture, there is a certain conflict in ideology that prevents their monuments from being connected and touching in my axonometric for assignment two, such as the use of materiality. Moussavi favours camouflage and natural harmony with use of glass and reflective material, whereas Barragan favours interruption of the environment with his solid and colourful blocks of architecture.
However, within this concept, I have articulated the idea that both architects embrace and utilise basic shapes and geometry, and have evolved them into great works and pieces of architectural art. Moussavi favours triangles and tessellating geometric shapes, whereas Barragan favours rectangular prisms.
Even though these architects have different pieces of architecture at the end, there is a clear common starting point for them in terms of idea articulation and use of simple geometric shapes, which are "Minimalistic" and a basic beginning to their architectural schemes.
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