Hiba Al-Sharif_Simplicity vs Complexity Paper

SIMPLICITY AND
COMPLEXITY I N
D E S I G N
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”
Leonardo Da Vinci.
This statement for years has been the basis of design for many architects and
designers. It pictures simplicity as the ultimate clarity and functionality in design by
using minimalist elements revealing their most honest form. In the beginning of the
eighteen hundreds, with the industrial development, people started to reconsider
the need for ornamentation that was previously integrated in architecture. They
implemented advanced development of steel production and technology to
achieve designs that just serve the required function and avoid excess in form.
6 Leonardo Da Vinci- Italian Renaissance Artist and Engineer
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