Rediscovering Goethe's Concept of Polarity: A New Direction For Architectural Morphogenesis

dc.contributor.authorGökmen, Sabri
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-30T10:56:27Z
dc.date.available2020-07-30T10:56:27Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentFakülteler, Sanat ve Tasarım Fakültesi, Mimarlık Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper will introduce Goethe's concept of polarity to discuss its theoretical and computational implications on natural and architectural morphogenesis (1). Polarity, as a dualist principle, is found in most of Goethe's body of works, particularly in his treatise on colour and botanical writings. This concept is explored from a morphogenetic perspective to reconsider Goethe's engagement with natural sciences during Enlightenment where he transfers his ideas on form and growth to architecture. In the first part, morphogenesis as a concept for the study of organic growth is discussed that combines modern research in biology and architecture. In the second part, Goethean morphology as a unified science founded on polar principles is presented to discuss a historical perspective to morphogenesis. Here, Goethe's concept of metamorphosis is highlighted as a principle founded on polarity, formulated with alternating cycles of expansion and contraction. These concepts are explicated using an algorithmic study of leaf development to discuss its morphogenetic application to the study of form and growth in natural morphogenesis. In the last part, Goethe's morphological views are extended towards architecture within the framework of organicism where his ideas on the polarity are directed towards the aesthetic reception and formal development of the built environment. Comparing the form of two Gothic cathedrals, Laon and Noyon, the paper will offer a developmental model based on the concept of metamorphosis as an alternative trajectory for morphological research in architecture.en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.4305/METU.JFA.2020.1.5en_US
dc.identifier.endpage72en_US
dc.identifier.issn0258-5316en_US
dc.identifier.issn0258-5316
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85089378974en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage51en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/3089
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4305/METU.JFA.2020.1.5
dc.identifier.volume37en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000548266200003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.institutionauthorGökmen, Sabrien_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMiddle East Technical Universityen_US
dc.relation.journalMetu Journal of the Faculty Of Architectureen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectGoetheen_US
dc.subjectMorphogenesisen_US
dc.subjectMorphologyen_US
dc.subjectGothicen_US
dc.subjectComputationen_US
dc.titleRediscovering Goethe's Concept of Polarity: A New Direction For Architectural Morphogenesisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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