Architectural Detail in Sustainable Architecture: Formal and Aesthetic Connotations

Waclaw Celadyn () and Magdalena Celadyn
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Waclaw Celadyn: Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology, 30-155 Kraków, Poland
Magdalena Celadyn: Faculty of Interior Design, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, 31-157 Kraków, Poland

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 11, 1-15

Abstract: Contemporary architecture is shaped by the paradigm of sustainability and is characteristic of many solutions determined by a relevant set of principles related to shaping the environment based on the ecology of systems focused on the flow of energy. These design principles concern gaining energy from renewable resources, protection against the loss of thermal energy from buildings, protection against the excess of thermal energy in buildings, and proper distribution of thermal energy in buildings. This paper presents a proposal for a method to analyze some building components used as sustainability-related elements given their formal similarity to historic architectural details or some artworks integrated with buildings. It aims to emphasize the potential of a different perspective from which to perceive and assess buildings, and specifically their architectural details, given their spatial and aesthetic values associated with sustainable technical solutions. This study is based on a few differentiated examples. It proves the relations mentioned above true, given the sustainability paradigm epitomized in technical solutions to contemporary buildings and the related aesthetic features characterizing the relevant architectural detailing. Such a perception of buildings is intended to promote unconventional viewing and assessment of them by the public and professionals in the area of architecture and art. It would make them discover new types of aesthetic values, which are usually invisible.

Keywords: sustainability; architectural detail; energy; design strategies; aesthetic connotations; formal similarities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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