STRUCTURALISM

An architectural style which started in 20th century . It explains how a building acts or reacts to the surrounding through its structure. The is always an important structure which makes a building stand. It need not be a physical thing but an be a basic idea which will be the main idea or value. Structure helps us exploring space in different manner. Each way of construction or ideas gives varieties of experiences.

Nakagin capsule tower which is made of two basic structures, the main two tower and the small capsules. The precast capsule structures are then later attached to this main two heavy pillers. Other few examples are Kimbell art museum, Habitat 67, Orphanage of Amsterdam. These buildings are designed for the democracy allowing people to make changes it.

It is a complete set of relationships, in which the elements can change, but in such a way that these remain dependent on the whole and retain their meaning.

STRUCTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Claude Levi Strauss defines the ideas how structure woks also in culture. He explains how two opposite object can connect of come together to form a whole structure through structural anthropology.

Talking about structuralism there comes another two important terms: signified and signifier. “Signified” is some information of values which are expressed. “Signifier” is the source which expresses. This makes the topic and the concept more interesting and looked into.