DOI: 10.36041/2617-9555.1322 ISSN: 2617-9555

Architecture in Enrichment :An Explorative Study of the Formal Enrichment Achieved by Contrast

Asma Hasan Taha Al Dabbagh

Architectural literatures and practices presented the concept of Enrichment as one of the solutions for the problems of Modemism. The importance of this concept emerges due to its relation with other phenomena like visual complexity and ambiguity. Enrichment is a product character and a strategy to its creation. This product possess abundance and detail in the visual tools causing the meaning  nrichment and its readiness for multi interpretations. This concept is present in to two levels; the first, formal and includes complexity and riddles, while the second is moral which includes the multiinterpretations. These sub-concepts cover many tools to achieve it like redundance, contrast, formal transformations, slight contrast within a strong order and an ambiguous meaning.

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