Semantic Message in Latvian Architecture

Generative Art 2016: Proceedings of XIX Generative Art Conference / ed. C.Soddu, E.Colabella 2016
Silvija Ozola

During thousands of years long development course architecture has established its own characteristic language – the system of common signs or symbols which reflects the essence of this kind of art. In architecture the message is never neutral – the relations between signs and symbols have intrigue. When searching for harmony in the new and historic building interaction through movement, development and contradictions, dialectics of architectural forms is manifested clearly. Can a human being perceive the semantic message of architecture from the surrounding environment in the cascading increase conditions of modern information? How to reveal fully the informative emotional qualities of architecturally organized environment, preserving the semantic precision? What is the semantic message in Latvian architecture inherent in?

Keywords
architecture, environment, information, semantic message, symbolism
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www.generativeart.com

Ozola, S. Semantic Message in Latvian Architecture. In: Generative Art 2016: Proceedings of XIX Generative Art Conference / ed. C.Soddu, E.Colabella, Italy, Florence, 15-17 December, 2016. Milan: Domus Argenia Publisher, 2016, pp.423-440. ISBN 978-8896-619-32-9.

Publication language
English (en)