Methodology of hybridization in architecture: elementality readings in axonometric drawings

Abstract

The subject of this paper is hybrid architecture, and the topic of research is the methodology of architectural hybridization with an emphasis on its elementality. Hybridity in architecture is defined as a tendency to transform and take on new forms, in terms of shape and function, manifesting itself through formal transformation or exclusively, through the perceptual apparatus of the user. This paper seeks to investigate the process of hybrid formation in architecture through the principles of hybridization and, closely determine and define the concept of hybrids. Hybrid is seen as a re-interpretation of architectural thought and concept that is a consequence of changes in stylistic order and reactions to reconfigurations of cultural and social formations. According to this, the problem of hybridization is examined through case studies mapped through different stylistic periods. Each case study will observe the process of formation of one of the hybrid objects. For the purposes ofthis paper, a special methodological apparatus has been established • diagrammatic mapping of the principle of hybridization through an axonometric graphical representation. Combining the instrumental technique of diagram mapping and the representative technique of axonometric drawing, the established apparatus relies on two procedures: analytical representation of the bare structure and synthetic implementation of potential programs inhabiting it. Therefore, each case study will be subjected to diagrammatic mapping which will result in the definition of general and palúular methodological formations of hybridization, as well as the basic principles of hybridization.