Rediscovering Goethe's Concept of Polarity: a New Direction for Architectural Morphogenesis

dc.contributor.author Gökmen, Sabri
dc.contributor.author Gökmen, Sabri
dc.contributor.other Architecture
dc.date.accessioned 2020-07-30T10:56:27Z
dc.date.available 2020-07-30T10:56:27Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.department Fakülteler, Sanat ve Tasarım Fakültesi, Mimarlık Bölümü en_US
dc.description.abstract This paper will introduce Goethe's concept of polarity to discuss its theoretical and computational implications on natural and architectural morphogenesis (1). Polarity, as a dualist principle, is found in most of Goethe's body of works, particularly in his treatise on colour and botanical writings. This concept is explored from a morphogenetic perspective to reconsider Goethe's engagement with natural sciences during Enlightenment where he transfers his ideas on form and growth to architecture. In the first part, morphogenesis as a concept for the study of organic growth is discussed that combines modern research in biology and architecture. In the second part, Goethean morphology as a unified science founded on polar principles is presented to discuss a historical perspective to morphogenesis. Here, Goethe's concept of metamorphosis is highlighted as a principle founded on polarity, formulated with alternating cycles of expansion and contraction. These concepts are explicated using an algorithmic study of leaf development to discuss its morphogenetic application to the study of form and growth in natural morphogenesis. In the last part, Goethe's morphological views are extended towards architecture within the framework of organicism where his ideas on the polarity are directed towards the aesthetic reception and formal development of the built environment. Comparing the form of two Gothic cathedrals, Laon and Noyon, the paper will offer a developmental model based on the concept of metamorphosis as an alternative trajectory for morphological research in architecture. en_US
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dc.identifier.doi 10.4305/METU.JFA.2020.1.5 en_US
dc.identifier.endpage 72 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0258-5316 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0258-5316
dc.identifier.issue 1 en_US
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85089378974 en_US
dc.identifier.scopusquality Q3
dc.identifier.startpage 51 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/3089
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.4305/METU.JFA.2020.1.5
dc.identifier.volume 37 en_US
dc.identifier.wos WOS:000548266200003 en_US
dc.institutionauthor Gökmen, Sabri en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Middle East Technical University en_US
dc.relation.journal Metu Journal of the Faculty Of Architecture en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategory Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı en_US
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess en_US
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dc.subject Goethe en_US
dc.subject Morphogenesis en_US
dc.subject Morphology en_US
dc.subject Gothic en_US
dc.subject Computation en_US
dc.title Rediscovering Goethe's Concept of Polarity: a New Direction for Architectural Morphogenesis en_US
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