CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT INRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS FACADE3 WHAT IS FORM RELATION OF FACADE WITH MASS AND SPACE FACADE AS AN ACTIVE ELEMENT ROLE OF FACADE IN A BUILDING FUNCTIONAL ROLE - SPATIAL ENCLOSURE - TRANSITION AND CONTINUITY - SECURITY AND PRIVACY - PROTECTION FROM CLIMATE - LIGHT AND VENTILATION EXPRESSIONAL ASPECTS - CULTURE, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, SOCIAL STATUS - SITE AND CONTEXT - MATERIAL AND TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 2 MEANS TO ACHIEVE THE EXPRESSION20 - NARRATIVE ELEMENTS - COMPOSITION AND ORDER - SCALE AND PROPORTION - APPLIED DECORATION INFLUENCE OF MATERIAL AND TECHNOLOGY THROUGH AGES CHAPTER 3 INFLUENCE OF MATERIAL AND TECHNOLOGY IN MODERN ERA 34 - MACHINE AESTHETICS - GLASS, STEEL AND CONCRETE TRANSPARENCY AS EXPRESSION - TRANSPARENCY IN ART - LITERAL TO PHENOMENAL LE CORBUSIER 40 - BACKGOUND - INFLUENCES RATIONALIST APPROACH 8 FACADE AS AN ACTIVE ELEMENT 13 RELATION OF FACADE WITH STRUCTURE - STRUCTURE INDEPENDENT OF FACADE TECHNIQUES MATERIAL AND TEXTURE VISUAL ARTS CASE STUDY 50 - VILLA GARCHES, FRANCE OBSERVATION CHAPTER 4 INFLUENCE OF MATERIAL AND STRUCTURE IN CONTEMPRORY TIMES 61 - MEDIA AND INFORMATION - LIGHT AS A METEPHOR - EXPERIMENTS WITH LIGHT - FACADE AS SCREEN TRANSPARENCY AS EXPRESSION - LITERAL TO METABOLIC HERZOG AND DE MEURON 69 - BACKGROUND - INFLUENCES MINIMALIST APPROACH FACADE AS AN ACTIVE ELEMENT RELATION OF FACADE WITH STRUCTURE - STRUCTURE AS INTEGRAL PART OF FACADE - STRUCTURE INDEPENDENT OF FACADE - STRCTURE ITSELF AS FACADE TECHNIQUES MATERIAL AND TEXTURE DETAILING CASE STUDY 76 - GOETZ ART GALLERY, GERMANY OBSERVATION CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION 86 BIBLIOGRAPHY 91 ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 92