Fluid architecture: the Paradoxes of Continuity in New Architectural Geometries
Résumé
Regarding the several characteristics of fluid, “Fluid architecture” epitomizes the metaphor of fluid mechanics. Besides immateriality and formal indeterminacy, the intrinsic characteristic of fluids is described by flow, which is defined by a continuous movement. This analysis is the essential element of this article, because formal and spatial continuity plays a decisive role for most of the new architectural geometries. Considering that fluid architecture defines an oxymoron, this analysis indicates the paradoxes of the mathematic continuity transposition in architecture. New creative opportunities, in order to visualize architectural spaces and forms, are currently being actualized in the light of digital tools development, although always in accordance with mathematical principles