The Aims and Tools of Architecture

In this book, Gregotti attempts to integrate aesthetics, meaning, and construction, which often seem irreconcilable. He argues that buildings are imbued with symbolic value and cultural content. The main goal of project design is to provide a symbolic expression. To achieve this, the designer must create a practical aesthetic. "The architect's practice is perhaps the only artistic practice that can transform techniques into the world of tools and materials into the world of purposes." "Form does not merely follow function; as functions change, so do forms."