The document discusses the relationship between form, function, culture, and design within architecture, emphasizing that these elements are interconnected and should be integrated. It explores concepts such as bio-mimicry and cultural significance in design, illustrating how architecture evolves in response to cultural and functional needs. The conclusion reinforces that aesthetics and functionality must coexist, citing examples such as the integration of nature within modern structures.

1. SENSE OF DESIGNform, function, culture and design…an integrity

2. KEY POINTS…
• INTRODUCTION…
• THE TERMS…
• THE SOCIAL CAVE…
• BRIDGING THE GAP…
• FORM AND CULTURE…
• A MATTER OF TIME…
• FOLLOW THE FEET…
• FUNCTION AND CULTURE…
• CONCLUSION…
• REFERENCES…

3. THE TERMS…
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
-Frank Lloyd Wright
Where is the culture???

4. THE ANSWER IS HERE…
FORM
• Visible shape… configuration …variety
• The solidified ideas…with a punch mark of sense into it
FUNCTION
• An activity…movement…response
• A sorted relationship of senses
SENSE
• Ability to perceive…awareness of thoughts
• Interpretation of situations and sensitivity
Culture…should be integrated in the fabric itself…this fabric contains all the above ingredients
The only need….expressing the sense in the most sensible format

5. THE SOCIAL CAVE…
Searching the roots of culture and architecture in the modern social hub…where the function and form exist but
sort no direct relationship with culture

6. BRIDGING THE GAP…..between
perspectives and practical's
An attempt to rejuvenate the link between the sense and the design to achieve a meaningful
conclusion…attributes

7. FORM AND CULTURE…
The components of expression, which communicate the particular values of style, are content and form.
Since content can be communicated only through form, the two are organically united
Bio-mimicry as a culture connects the nature and the sense of design which is nothing but replicating nature in
nature itself: evident from the birds’nest, china

8. FORM AND CULTURE…
This relation sometimes exceeds the marque
like the one with The House of arts and
culture proposal by KAPUTT, how this thing
looks like a fractured piece of earth with
molten lava underneath
Form adaption of the Sanchi stupa into the Vidhan sabha in Bhopal by Charles Correa also highlights the
connection between architecture and culture being sorted out

9. A MATTER OF TIME…
When Oscar Niemeyer, the legendary architect and designer,
died, his passing from the Brazilian design scene was merely
temporal, as both his work and legacy continue to infuse a
sensuous, form-centric culture that the world is embracing
with increasing interest and ardour
The evolution of culture happens…hence the evolution of form, form is understood as a result of belief
and need: the pyramids and face of anti-ornation modernism, the Opera house

10. FOLLOW THE FEET…
"Function" came to be seen as encompassing all criteria of the use, perception and enjoyment of a
building, not only practical but also aesthetic, psychological and cultural
Kanchenjunga apartments in form present a highly modernistic western ideas but in its functional and cultural
aspects its truly Indian

11. FUNCTION AND CULTURE…
The garbhagriha or the sanctum of temples has smaller openings thus facilitating the bending while entering
which is a sign of respect…thus a cultural aspect associated with functionality
Some form and functions are a direct consequence of local climate or availability of materials wears some developed as
a cosmological manifestation: the charbagh concept of The Mughal gardens

12. FUNCTION AND CULTURE…
Gothic rib vaults evolved from the roman groin vaults and proved to be effective in all
architectural aspects. The form of tipi as a cone is a direct consequence of the functionality and
culture of the north American nomads
With evolution form to evolved and modernism saw simplified function in form of modular adaptions of 21st
century…though the functionality was retained and experimented: jaalis

13. A DOSE OF CULTURE…
When form meets culture and function…
Modern
adaption of
Chinese DOU
GONG brackets
to increase the
clear span of
roof without
disturbing the
street

14. THE THINKER SAYS…
Form follows function is a principle associated with modernist architecture and industrial design in the 20th
century. The principle is that the shape of a building or object should be primarily based upon its intended
function or purpose
Sense of design is all about embedding the notion of cultural elements into the human
realm where even in the most modern of approaches it finds a safe place

15. CONCLUSION…
“Form and Function aren’t separate entities. If we believe that style somehow
exists independent of functionality, that we can treat aesthetics and function as
two separate pieces, then we ignore the evidence that beauty is much more than
decoration and it should be remembered that indulgence of culture makes the
form and function truly acceptable”
The centennial tree house
shows how due to our
cultural orientation
towards nature the
preserved tree still stands
within the house

16. REFERENCES …
• http://www.wikipedia.com/bus-stop.htm
• http://www.topofthe stops.co.uk/
• http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/
• Bus stop observations II: Shannon hill design-
okaybutwhy.wordpress.com
• http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d83454714d69e201
6766a686d3970b
• paris: "the bus stop of the future"
• Dubai: Land of Air-Conditioned Bus Stops-manonthelam.com
• Socially Responsive Architecture | Demotix.com- www.demotix.com
• ttp://www.regjeringen.no/pages/38429132/PDFS/STM201220130026
000EN_PDFS.pdf- www.regjeringen.no

17. THANK YOU