Analysis Of Jorn Utzon's Architecture

Humans try to relate to everything, this is how we understand the world, by gaining our own perspective. The one thing that we have always related to is nature. Since the earliest civilizations builders have used it as a motif and example for their buildings. From decoration and ornamentation in the earlier ages to more sophisticated interpretations of nature in building structures and defining spaces. Jorn Utzon’s architecture is precedent of inspiration taken from nature to create experiential architecture. He is best known for his design of the Sydney Opera House where led by his three governing architectural principles - the constructional logic of tectonic form, the syntactical logic of geometry and nature as a metaphor, he manages to

What separated them from the rest are the qualities of the spaces inside and the new exterior, specifically the height of the new churches and the ornamentation. In the thirteenth century the French builders acquired a new technique of building from the eastern Muslim mosques – the pointed arch which led to the creation of the more efficient rib vaults. Their purpose is to distribute the weight out as well as down and so the builders could use more slender columns, build much higher and create larger internal spaces. The new technique didn’t place stress on the walls, so the stone could be replaced by glass. This led to spaces with a different atmosphere than that of the previous Romanesque churches. The stained-glass windows bring light and colour inside the building. This came with a cost, while roman arches support themselves the new technique required flying buttresses to take the load from the sides of the church down to the ground.There is a genuinely honest expression of structure in the Great Gothic cathedrals. . All these new elements, emphasized by a play of light and shadow and vertical spires and ornamentation, made Gothic architecture so sacred and