TEXTURE IN ARCHITECTURE
Architecture, which is the art of creating a space, can be understood from its definition, develops by creating structures that can provide optimum aesthetic value and various functions.
In the visual arts, texture is the perceived surface quality of a work of art. Texture is one of the 8 design elements. (Others: Line, Color, Tone, Shape, Size, Direction, Shape)
Combination systems of unit forms and the shapes of units within the system provide an understanding of texture with hard/soft, vivid/dead, light/heavy, still / moving, matte/glossy, crystal, etc. concepts.
From the time we were born, thanks to our strong curiosity and desire to learn throughout our life, we have a memory of adjectives that can describe almost all textures we encounter.
From the time when a modern man appeared on the stage of history (between 200,000 BC — 100,000 BC ) until today, the library of information in people’s minds grows rapidly.
Especially with the age of digitalization and information after the second half of the 20th century, rather than feeling the textures concrete, we were more interested in visualizing them in our minds abstractly.
The textures that we see on platforms such as Instagram and YouTube, especially in the potential of creating tactile feedback, which is very familiar to us, have probably satisfied this part of our brain? However, when choosing a carpet for your home, I recommend using your skin cells.
If we think of the textures in the city nowadays, I almost always seeing these inanimate architectural elements: flat granite block, marble, travertine marble, concrete, asphalt, wood, plaster, iron, aluminum, steel rope, basalt stone block and ytong. Even though I touched one or two of them during the day, they seem familiar to me as I have touched all of these materials somewhere in my life.
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards “
- Soren Kierkegaard
Speaking of the wall, I think this work (in the photo above) the most unusual thing you’ll ever see on the wall. And when you see it creates a texture effect, isn’t it? This art is being developed with artificial intelligence and machine learning.
One of my favorite ones is here, sparkling on Frank Gehry’s structure, Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA.
