Three News Articles

If form follows function, then you should be able to look at a building and have a good idea about what goes on inside. If you can make sense of a place, It should make life in the city more pleasurable and comfortable, and help people figure out where they are. One should be able with a little attention, to read through that building to the reason for that building.It is a humanistic inquiry that recognizes that buildings and settings, alone, do not make place. People, in their interaction with the natural and built environment, make place. Architects and planners can look at this physical chaos of buildings in transition and give the chaos some conceptual and formal clarity that addresses current needs, opportunities, and aspirations. Provide visitors with enhanced understanding of the site, through exposure of fabric and interpretation. This required innovative engineering to ensure that the structural supports would not overwhelm the structure, or obscure the form and materiality of the existing building.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/11/051128194123.htm

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081213130057.htm

https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/portal/news/winning-balance-between-engineering-and-heritage-needs