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"Firmitas, Utilitas, Venustas" : kiedy funkcja mówi formie stop
Architecture is an Art inseparably combined with utility. Even Vitruvius wrote about qualities of architecture as of a piece of art: 'Firmitas, Utilitas, Venustas' - 'Solidity, appropriateness (utility), beauty'. These words are still actual. It might be proved with the example of two concert halls by two famous architects Jean Nouvel (Cultural& Congress Center) and Frank O. Gehry (Walt Disney Concert hall). Nouvel's concert hall is a perfect example of how the form of the building follows its function while Gehry begins his design with a very complex structure which he adjusts to required function later on. As a consequence, both projects put emphasis neither on the form nor the function and so fulfill the assumption made by Vitruvius.