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ABSTRACT
For the modern architectural education, the problem of searching for the “new”
and being “creative” in design is predominantly shaped by the expression of the
modern form of life anchored to the industrial revolution. As grounded onto the
visual sense, the idea of searching for the new and being creative refers a type
of calculation whose focus is on reasoning by seeing. Friedrich Fröebel’s
(1782-1852) hands on kindergarten training sets can be taken as the earliest
form of the kind of the search for the creativity. Though not being a part of the
architectural education, consequences of Froebel training, especially the gifts
from 3 to 6 were the huge effects on the early Modern Architecture and its
architects. This study concentrates on Fröebel gifts’ strong logical references
from the use of the traditional masonry tool: brick. Within this framework, this
article focuses on the brick as one of the main logical tools and the components
of the modern architectural space construction. And it pursues such logic both
in the use of brick in the modern buildings and in the idea of the modern space
design. It searches for the historical origins of such logic in the tradition of the
masonry and transference of that knowledge to their modern counterparts.
Finally, it examines brick form in Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture as part of
the tradition of the masonry, part of the Modern Architecture and part of the
abstract Fröebel training.
Keywords: brick, modern space construction, Frank Lloyd Wright
1. INTRODUCTION
For the modern architectural education, the problem of searching for the “new”
and being “creative” in design is predominantly shaped by the expression of the
modern form of life anchored to the industrial revolution. As grounded onto the
visual sense, the idea of searching for the new and being creative refers a type
of calculation whose focus is on reasoning by seeing. Friedrich Froebel’s
(1782-1852) hands on kindergarten training sets can be taken as one of the
earliest modern forms of such kind of search. Though not being a part of the
architectural education, Froebel training has huge effects on the early Modern
Architecture. This study concentrates on Froebel gifts’ strong logical references
from the use of the traditional masonry tool: brick. Within this framework, this
article focuses on the brick as one of the main logical tools and the components
of the modern architectural space construction. And it pursues such logic both
in the use of brick in the modern buildings and in the idea of the modern space
design. It searches for the historical origins of such logic in the tradition of the
masonry and transference of that knowledge to their modern counterparts.
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