Linear genetics of architecture

Abstract

Introduction. The concepts of linearity and nonlinearity represent a consequence of the projection of physical terms onto architecture that characterize the opposition of traditions of certainty, static, predictability, i.e. “linearity”, to the states of uncertainty, dynamism, aperiodicity, i.e. “nonlinearity”, which was perceived by architects as a signal of creative freedom, as a sign of avant-garde protest against “orthodox”, conservative architecture. The deconstructive, destructive ideology of the non-linearity apologists is revealed.

Materials and methods. With the expansion of the range of the scientific apparatus of the theory of architecture and its connection with other scientific disciplines, the processes of mutual terminological exchange are intensifying, revealing aspects of morphogenesis that previously fell out of the attention of architectural theorists and practitioners. Therefore, modern concepts of philosophy, physics, biology, and sociology are involved in the methodological tools of the paper.

Results. The historical precedents that had an indirect or direct impact on the course of the linear development of world architecture are investigated. The concepts and terms included in the exchange methodological fund of architecture, its inclusion in the “club” of modern scientific knowledge are introduced. The concept of the linearity of architecture as a phenomenon of the universal regularity of the existence of matter is defended. The phenomena of deviation of processes, their inertia, binary oppositions of the dialectic of morphogenesis, theoretical understanding of evolutionary stages, misconceptions and their criticism are considered.

Conclusions. The thesis of linearity as a total sign of organization, completeness, expediency, representing the synthesized quality of architecture as a component of the material and spiritual progress of civilization, is argued.