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Ornament declined in popularity at the beginning of the 20th century, as it no longer fit our in... more Ornament declined in popularity at the beginning of the 20th century, as it no longer fit our increasingly rational perspectives of the world. It was considered an art of ‘beauty’ but not as an art of the ‘sublime,’ as it undermined the pure principles of construction. Ornament was also perceived to be non-democratic, as it indicated social class. Whilst modern society believed in a future dominated by technology and science, ornament instead referred to wealth and the spirituality of nature. Industrialization and modern machinery's mentality of efficiency had no place for the labor-intensive production of ornament. Nevertheless, symbolic ornament is finding its way back into architecture. Ornament's revival has already been discussed within the context of patterned facades using digital technologies. However, with current societal developments towards individualization and the growing sharing economy vis-à-vis data and information, by not utilizing this growing accessibility, patterned ornament fails to express identity. This thesis aims to relate ornament’s once lost symbolic value to our increasingly collaborative open-source world and rising sharing economy and the new possibilities these technologies offer, in which the changing work field of the architect could become the critical factor determining democratic expression.
Ornament declined in popularity at the beginning of the 20th century, as it no longer fit our in... more Ornament declined in popularity at the beginning of the 20th century, as it no longer fit our increasingly rational perspectives of the world. It was considered an art of ‘beauty’ but not as an art of the ‘sublime,’ as it undermined the pure principles of construction. Ornament was also perceived to be non-democratic, as it indicated social class. Whilst modern society believed in a future dominated by technology and science, ornament instead referred to wealth and the spirituality of nature. Industrialization and modern machinery's mentality of efficiency had no place for the labor-intensive production of ornament. Nevertheless, symbolic ornament is finding its way back into architecture. Ornament's revival has already been discussed within the context of patterned facades using digital technologies. However, with current societal developments towards individualization and the growing sharing economy vis-à-vis data and information, by not utilizing this growing accessibility, patterned ornament fails to express identity. This thesis aims to relate ornament’s once lost symbolic value to our increasingly collaborative open-source world and rising sharing economy and the new possibilities these technologies offer, in which the changing work field of the architect could become the critical factor determining democratic expression.