Al-Bayan wa l-Bunyan: Meaning, poetics and politics in early Islamic architecture

Hamdouni Alami, Mohammed University of California, Berkeley 2001 해외박사(DDOD)

This dissertation is about the fundamental role of ambiguity in the formation, perception, social reception, and aesthetics of Islamic architecture. My argument stands against mainstream academic views, which stress the primacy of social needs in the interpretation of the ambiguous characteristics of Islamic architecture. Found in both form and decoration these ambiguous characteristics suggest a fundamental penchant for illusionism. By asking different questions, drawing new parallels, and using available (but not hitherto exploited) literary sources my contribution to this debate also attempts to show that the interpretation of the central features of early Islamic architecture does not have to depend on already present mystic views. The later development of such views—in terms of Sufi aesthetics—can be seen to derive from elements of social change and the parallel evolution of structures of subjectivity. My argument is that Islamic architecture relies on a <italic>modus operandi </italic> in which the poetic function is dominant. Hence ambiguity cannot be viewed as an obstacle to the understanding of the artistic meaning of Islamic architecture. It is instead an effect of its poetics. Consistently I develop parallels between Arabic poetics and theories of language from the 8<super> th</super> to the early 10<super>th</super> century, and Islamic architecture from the same period. I argue, on a different register, that architecture is a complex strategy of public expenditures, labor policy, and spatial semiology rather than a univocal expression of power. I show that architecture was just one aspect of a complex system of representation used for control, and sometimes for social segregation under caliph al-Mutawakkil (847–861 A.D.).

The Transnational Transformation of Architecture Practice: Iranian architects in the new geography of professional authority, 1945-2012

Roudbari, Shawhin University of California, Berkeley 2013 해외박사(DDOD)

In the past decade, Iranian architects have mobilized professional institutions---such as magazines, awards, professional bodies, and workshops---to transform their profession and to extend their exposure beyond Iran's tightly controlled borders. To do so, they established connections with foreign architects through travel, migration, networking with expatriate communities of architecture students and professionals, and exchanging information through the Internet. By investigating these actions, I use this study to reveal subtle yet significant aspects of transnationalism in the architecture profession. The case of architecture practice in Iran---a national context isolated through political and economic sanctions by the global community as well as practices of censorship by organs of the Iranian state---emphasizes a range of formal, informal, and underground practices engaged by professionals and their institutions in the process of transnationalism. In this way, the case of Iran serves as a barometer for the transnationalization of the architecture field globally. Methodologically, this investigation demonstrates that the study of globalization of a profession must account for ways that profession is defined in various national contexts. In the case of architecture, this means that an understanding of the globalization of the field of architecture cannot operate under any single (nation-based) definition of the architecture profession---a multiplicity of national definitions of the architecture field must be considered in order to grasp the myriad of ways a globalizing profession is shaped by the professionals participating in the process from other countries---even those countries as politically and economically isolated as Iran. The transnational space is one in which architects produce and consume professional knowledge and acknowledgement. I distinguish between individual and institutional transnational practices. The former involves the movement of individuals across borders and offers them embodied experiences. The latter are a set of connections between Iranian institutions and foreign actors that offer a more symbolic transnationalism--what I call transnational credibility--to Iranian architects who participate in those institutions. I identify the ambiguity between the individual and the institutional forms of transnationalism as a driving factor in what I claim to be the destabilization of established structures of professional authority in Iran. Building on these tenets, I suggest the following arguments: first, architects' transnational practices are leveraged for professional power under the guise of credibility through claims of transnational exposure. I conclude that this credibility takes the form of transnational capital and that in the context of Iran's complex relationships with things foreign, Iranian architects' self-constructed transnational capital carries significant purchase power in markets of symbolic capital exchange. Second, transnationalism, as an institutional mode of operation in the profession today, carries with it the risk of stunting the growth of critical engagement within design professions in developing countries by promoting superficial engagement with "global" architecture. Third, transnational practices are decentering the geographic locations of recognition and authority in the profession in Iran and globally. In making these claims, I show ways architects in Iran, and Iranian architects around the world, mobilize institutions to garner professional and political power. Theories of the globalization of architecture tend to depict a force that is as a set of practices and ideas driven in large part by a dominant core and dealt with by peripheral communities of professions in developing countries. In contrast, the transnational perspectives advanced in this dissertation show ways that bottom-up practices engaged by actors scattered around the world complicate the dominance of that core. To highlight this transnational perspective, methodologically, I gather evidence from documents in more marginal spaces of global knowledge exchange: weblogs, design competition websites, informal communications between architects in Iran and communities of expatriates in North America and Europe, and magazines. I pair this archival research with in-depth and open-ended interviews with architects in Iran and in cities they migrate to in a multi-cited ethnography.

(A) bayesian belief network-based quality evaluation method of candidate architectures

이정빈 Graduate School, Korea University 2011 국내석사

아키텍처 평가는 소프트웨어 아키텍처나 소프트웨어 스타일 또는 디자인 패턴 등을 분석함으로써 그 특징, 장/단점 및 달성하고자 하는 품질 속성을 평가하는 테크닉이나 방법이다. 이러한 아키텍처 평가기법 중, 시나리오 기반의 아키텍처 평가기법은 대부분의 아키텍처 평가기법의 기반이 되고 있으나, 그 평가 과정에서 다른 아키텍처의 품질속성에 주는 영향은 고려하지 않고 있다. 즉, 각 품질속성 관점에서 최종적으로 선정된 아키텍처 방법론들을 구현하기 위해 하나로 통합되었을 때, 소프트웨어 시스템에 미치는 품질의 결함에 대해서 파악하기 힘들다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제점을 해결해 주기 위한 Bayesian Belief Net-work(BBN) 기반의 아키텍처 후보 품질 평가기법을 제안한다. 본 논문의 평가기법은 각 품질속성을 달성하기 위한 아키텍처 설계전술들의 조합을 BBN으로 구성하여 아키텍처가 통합되기 전에 미리 전체적인 아키텍처의 품질속성을 평가한다. 또한 본 논문의 평가기법을 적용한 사례연구를 통해 다양한 아키텍처 후보들의 품질속성 영향을 정량적으로 비교&#61598;평가하여, 아키텍처를 통합하였을 경우 발생할 수 있는 품질 결함을 사전에 발견하였다. Architecture evaluation involves an assessment of the properties, pros and cons, and desired quality attributes of a software architecture. Most of the existing architecture evaluation methods employ a scenario-based method to achieve the desired quality attributes. However, this method does not consider the effect of an approach, such as architectural style and pattern and design pattern, on each quality attribute of the other approaches. In other words, it is difficult to identify the impact of quality attributes on the software system until the architecture approaches are integrated. Therefore, if negative impact is not recognized in the early phases of the project, this method causes considerable economic losses and may lead to the failure of the project. This is because the cost of addressing quality failures increases according to how late in the software process the defect is discovered and corrected. In this paper, we propose an architecture evaluation method based on a Bayesian Belief Network (BBN) to resolve the aforementioned problem. This method assesses the mutual impact of quality attributes among candidate architectures&#8212;which are composed of architecture tactics as the nodes of the BBN&#8212;before the architecture tactics are evaluated and integrated. Consequently, architects and designers can help determine whether candidate architectures ensure the quality of the software system through a quantitative comparison of candidate architectures. In a case study, we quantitatively evaluated the mutual impact of some quality attributes among the six candidate architectures, and we eventually determined a proper design decision that ensured high quality for the entire software system.

A study of the Application of Textile in Architecture Design: Focused on the Interpretation of Lanna Textile in Museum Design Elements

Sasiprapa Srikraiphak Hongik University 2016 국내석사

This research is a study about the Application of Textile in Architecture Design focusing on the Interpretation of Lanna Textile in Museum design elements. Like the other architecture design around the world in which architects or designers put textile as a part of the design, Lanna Textile, a wisdom of Thai People, can be applied not only in garment, but also in Architecture design too. The different weaving techniques and the unique patterns and styles create more gimmick and interest in Architecture. Such characteristics of Lanna Textile lead the author focus the study on the ways to interpret Lanna Textile into architecture elements by choosing museum design as the experiment of the research. This research starts with the general study of Lanna Textile which covers the definition of Lanna according to the author as well as the history of Lanna Textile and Characteristics of Lanna Textile. The next part presents the study about Textile and Architecture and explains the relation between Textile and Architecture, the properties of Textile for Architecture and Theories of Textile and Architecture. It also includes the distinguished examples between Architecture in which textile elements in Architecture are applied, Lanna Textile in Architecture, and Interior elements in Thailand. It is followed by the design part which 이 논문은 건축 디자인에서 섬유 활용에 관한 연구이며 박물관 디자인 요소인 란나 섬유 이해에 중점을 두고 있다. 대부분의 건축가와 디자이너들이 섬유를 디자인의 요소로서 활용하는 것과 마찬가지로, 태국의 란나 섬유 역시 다양하게 사용하고 있다. 란나 섬유는 의복에 적용하는 것뿐 아니라, 건축 디자인으로도 활용된다. ‘란나 섬유의 다양한 짜는 방법과 독특한 패턴, 매력적인 스타일은 건축에 활용되기 좋다.’란나 섬유의 이러한 특성이, 건축 요소로서의 란나 섬유 활용에 관한 연구에 초점을 두는 계기가 되었다. 연구의 실험은 박물관 디자인을 선택하며 진행되었다. 이 논문은 란나 섬유의 정의, 역사, 특성을 포함한 연구개관으로 시작한다. 그 다음은 섬유와 건축에 관한 것으로 섬유와 건축의 관계, 건축에 관한 섬유의 특성, 섬유와 건축의 원론에 대해 이야기 한다. 또한, 섬유 요소가 적용된 건축, 건축에서의 란나 섬유, 태국의 인테리어 요소들의 사례가 포함되어 있다. 다음은 디자인에 관한 것으로 이 주제를 선택한 동기와 이 주제와 관련한 구체적인 디자인 과정을 설명한다. 결론으로, 란나 섬유를 건축의 요소로 활용하는 최초의 아이디어로 실험한 결과를 소개한다. 이 연구의 아이디어와 그 결과가, 섬유를 더 많은 건축과 실내 공간 디자인에 활용하는 데에 지침이 되기를 바란다.

Practicing modernism in Beirut: Architecture in Lebanon, 1946--1970

Arbid, Georges Joseph Harvard University 2002 해외박사(DDOD)

This dissertation aims at presenting a critical account of Modern Architecture in Lebanon in the 1950s and 1960s. Its challenge is to uncover sufficient material and insights that would allow further investigations in an insufficiently recorded field. While the intellectual activity around the postwar reconstruction of Lebanon after the 1990s has generated a fair amount of interest in, and publications on, traditional architecture, it has ignored modern architecture. This dissertation challenges what can be considered as an “orientalist” trend and sheds a light on a period that produced locally assimilated and enriched variants of modern architecture. In a country where the autonomy of the architectural profession seems to have been the rule with scarcity of discourse, the thesis proposes a different set of questions appropriate to the contention and conditions of research. It starts with pre-modern architecture and the developmental climate that favored the building boom associated with the 1950s and 1960s. It then takes a thematic approach thereby examining aspects such as education, the organization of the profession, patronage, competitions, collaborations, the various meanings given to modernity and tradition. Additionally, the dissertation examines four significant practices: Farid Trad, Antoine Tabet, Karol Schayer with Makdisi-Adib, and Joseph-Philippe Karam. As the chapters of contemporary architecture in Lebanon remain unwritten, the last chapter of Part One analyzes the directions that frantic reconstruction has taken after the war of 1975–1990 in comparison with the earlier period, and constructs the framework for future examinations. In Part Two, a database of architects/engineers and buildings tries to make manifest the richness and variety of the architecture produced. It is based mainly on primary sources, data on buildings, drawings, interviews with architects and/or their collaborators, supplemented by secondary sources. By bringing to light the relatively recent past, this dissertation would construe a better understanding of modern architectural heritage. It is hoped that questioning certain contemporary meanings and misapprehensions concerning tradition, modernity, and identity, will contribute to the knowledge of recent history in a country that constantly looks to ancient times for new beginnings, often identifying heritage with the self and modernity with others.

Emergent symmetries: A group theoretic analysis of an exemplar of Late Modernism: The Smith House by Richard Meier

Din, Edouard Denis Georgia Institute of Technology 2008 해외박사(DDOD)

Formal systems in architectural design aim at the systematic description, interpretation, and evaluation of existing works of architecture as well the systematic creation of new works of architecture. A basic algorithmic structure is reviewed and various examples of such systems are presented. The recent emphasis of architecture discourse on issues of pattern making and parametric variation reaffirms the traditional role of symmetry and extends the research in new trajectories. Some basic questions regarding the extent of fitness and value of symmetry in formal composition remain unanswered. Currently all formal analysis using group theoretical tools focus on repetitive designs that show immediately their recursive structure. It is suggested here that highly complex designs can still be described and analyzed with group theoretical manner. This work builds upon recent methodological approaches in the field (March 1998); (Park 2000); (Economou 2001) and proposes a model that investigates whether the combination of existing group theoretical formalisms with appropriate systems of representation can indeed cast new light in analysis of such works and therefore construct a rigorous body of foundational research in formal composition in architecture design. The broader question that is opened up here is whether a complex architecture object---or part depending on the interest of the researcher, can be interpreted as a layered object whose parts are all related symmetrically; in other words whether an asymmetric shape or configuration can be understood in terms of nested arrangements of some order of symmetry. The object of analysis has been polemically selected here to be the NY5 architecture, a set of designs that are all clearly exemplifying formal qualities of abstraction, layering, complexity, depth and so on, all appearing impenetrable to a systematic and rigorous analysis using the existing group theoretical formal methods. For example, Richard Meier's work has been presented here as a hyper-refinement of the modernist imagery that has been inspired not by machines but by other architecture that was inspired by machines and especially Le Corbusier; similarly, the group formalism that can describe Meier's architecture could constitute a hyperrefined construction that relies on specific representations and mappings that foreground internal complex relationships of the structure itself, i.e. the symmetry subgroups and super-groups of any given spatial configuration. This analogy far as it goes has its limitations too, and the same exist for many other implicit theses herein. The computation is entirely visual. A reassembly of the layered symmetries explains the structure of the symmetry of the house and provides an illustration of the basic thesis of this research on the foundation of a theory of emergence based on symmetry considerations. All plans of the house are represented in three different levels of abstraction moving successively away from the architectural representation to a purely diagrammatic one that foregrounds divisions of space. All representations are fed into an analysis algorithm to pick up all symmetry relationships and the parts are constructed as instances of a binary composition of a family of rectangular grids. Finally the process is reversed to fully account for the construction of the space of the house as a three dimensional layered composition. At the end, this research points to a series of other extensions and domains. These extensions generally fall into two categories; (a) on the improvement of the system itself; and (b) on the interpretative capabilities it affords for the construction and evaluation of critical languages of design.

The vicissitudes of realism: Realism in architecture in the 1970s

Sykes, Anna Krista Harvard University 2004 해외박사(DDOD)

In the mid 1970s, a series of architectural journal articles championed the concept of realism, a topic not commonly associated with architecture. In retrospect, the correlation of realism and architecture raises a number of questions. For example, what prompted the multiple appeals for realism in architecture, appeals that faded as quickly as they appeared? Furthermore, what was meant by "realism in architecture?". To address these queries, this dissertation begins with an investigation of historical and 20th century concepts of realism, followed by an examination of the specific texts of the 1970s that relate architecture and realism. The discussion of various forms of realism leads to the identification of the crucial components of realism, namely the existence of architectural autonomy alongside historical and contextual relativity. Considered in conjunction with the theories of Georg Lukacs, realism itself may even appear as a symptom of the struggles of architecture during the mid 1960s through the 1970s. The protagonists of realism in architecture---Martin Steinmann, Bruno Reichlin, and Bernard Huet---along with the architectural historians Vincent Scully and Manfredo Tafuri, share this struggle, the crux of which arrives in the late 1960s with the clear threat to the architectural discipline. Thus, this dissertation seeks to elucidate the conception of realism in architecture and to propose an understanding of the appearance of realism as a symptom of disciplinary turmoil.

Architectural Expressions of Music: Perceptions of Musically Inspired Architecture

유세원 서울대학교 대학원 2016 국내석사

We live in a culture that easily privileges the stimulation of the eye more than the ear. When perceiving a matter, it is common to immediately absorb the visual information. However, if the information of the subject approaches with the sense of hearing, the method of how to directly visualize the matter must be examined as much as the sense of sight. Just as many thinkers and architects have noted the relationship between the senses of sight and hearing, music and architecture have an intimate relationship in the same context. Since music relies on sense of hearing and architecture relies on sense of sight, architecture has the advantage of visualizing music. By applying musical characteristics in architecture, it can produce creative and scientific design method, provide the enjoyable attraction for visitors, and reflect the social and cultural properties of the particular period. The purpose of this research is to examine the experience of musically inspired architecture, and to analyze the correlations between music and architecture with what architectural and musical factors form such experience. In order to achieve this goal, the history and relationship between music and architecture are examined. Then the case studies of musically inspired architecture are analyzed by the use of musical elements. Through the survey questionnaires to the architecture, music, and other majors on experience of music and architectural façades, the keywords on how people perceive music from architecture are extracted and analyzed. This research will determine the possibility of applying musical properties to architecture and what musical and architectural elements correlate to each other. The results of this study will help providing the ideas of creative design effectively for architects who desire to express the musical qualities through architecture. Keywords : Music and Architecture, Perception, Architectural Expression

Architectural publicity in the age of globalization

Seligmann, Ari D University of California, Los Angeles 2008 해외박사(DDOD)

Experiences in Bilbao epitomize Rem Koolhaas' claim that "globalization destabilizes and redefines both the way architecture is produced and that which architecture produces." The Guggenheim Museum (1997) remains the preeminent example of how architectural production and its repercussions are shaped by global flows, as well as how recognition of effects shapes public reception of architecture. Although the media catchphrase "Bilbao effect" continues to define the terms of what xv innovative architecture is expected to produce, we require stronger analytical frameworks for evaluating the broader implications of public sponsorship of innovative architecture. Exceeding the limited notion of the "Bilbao effect" and critiques of spectacle, this study develops the notion of architectural publicity as a conceptual framework to evaluate public architecture programs and elucidate their relative effects. Investigating several international architecture programs and their exemplary projects expands our understanding of how public architecture is defined and perceived within the contemporary context of globalization. Among the range of possible programs, inquiries focus on three cases located in peripheral areas with strong regional heritages. Strategic urban redevelopment in Bilbao Spain (1989-- ), the Libraries for All program in Seattle USA (1998--2008), and the Artpolis program in Kumamoto Japan (1988-- ) represent diverse attempts to employ innovative architecture to improve local positions within global hierarchies. Comparative analyses reveal how to operate within the contemporary global cultural economy, how architecture engages the public and facilitates a vital public realm, as well as how public interest in architecture is mediated. Invested with scholarly and practical concerns, the findings help sensitize architects to the broader implications of projects and increase general recognition of architecture's potential effects. Demonstrating a range of repercussions strengthens arguments for continued public sponsorship of innovative architecture. Through interdisciplinary perspectives applied to diverse cases, this research explicates the potentials of architectural publicity in the age of globalization.

(The) characteristics of kinetic architecture : a design for substitute of passive and active architecture

이서우 Graduate School, Yonsei University 2018 국내석사

Architecture designs have developed in progressions of adaptation toward the surrounding natural environment. Especially for the issue of the thermal comfort, the architecture had developed and evolved in forms to provide appropriate indoor environment. As a result to fulfill these needs, the design progressed in two design streams of “passive” and “active”. However, the passive and active architecture possesses several limitations. Current thesis aims to seek for probable potential of a kinetic architecture to enhance thermal comfort of the building while solving the limitations of passive and active architecture. To seek for the possibilities of kinetic architecture, following steps had been processed. First, the thesis analyzed the limitations of passive and active architecture through various literature review. Limitations can be summarized as 4 categories: Lighting, View, Energy Efficiency, and Spatial Restriction. Among these 4 limitations, the passive architecture possesses limitation on all of the 4 categories, and active architecture holds limitation on energy efficiency. Second, the kinetic architecture has studied into 2 approaches. First approach is the case studies of built examples for overcoming 4 limitations of the passive and active architecture, with limitation on climate. These typical built cases indicate that the kinetic architecture seizes the prospective to meet appropriate thermal condition with overcoming the limitations of the previous building type. Second approach in understanding the kinetic architecture is the macro and micro analysis of kinetic design characteristic. 31 built cases have been analyzed with following indicators: Climate, Control Mechanism, Operation, Visibility, and Spatial Scale. The relationships had been analyzed. The result of analysis are shown as followed. In case of macro trend, the kinetic architecture features the method internal heat gain (Control mechanism), intrinsic method (Operation), high (Visibility), and the façade element (Spatial scale) the most. However, it does not show that there are no dominant climate zone for facilitating kinetic architecture. The micro scale architecture had been processed with kinetic architecture with façade element. It showed that kinetic architecture featuring the façade element, has high relationship between high visibility, extrinsic operation, and heat control method of internal heat gain. In addition, the cases for kinetic architecture characteristic with the façade element has been examined by feature, operation, and material. Through the analysis and case studies, it is showed that the kinetic architecture occupies a strong characteristic that can be one of the solution for the limitations that passive and active architecture possess. Furthermore, the trend analysis showed the dominant characteristic of kinetic architecture that makes it possible to solve the limitations of previous architecture. 건축물은 주변 자연 환경에 대응하여 여러 목적을 위해 건물의 내부와 외부 모두 변화되어왔다. 그 중 쾌적한 실내 환경을 위해 건물은 열적 효율성을 높이는 형태를 취하게 되었다. 이를 위해 페시브 (Passive) 건축과 엑티브 (Active) 건축이 개발되었다. 두 건축 형태는 모두 건물의 열을 다루는데 효과적인 방법으로 널리 사용되고 있다. 하지만 이를 통한 한계들도 또한 존재한다. 본 논문은 건물의 열적 효율성을 높일 수 있는 엑티브 건축의 한 종류인 키네틱 건축 (Kinetic Architecture)의 가능성을 다루고자 하였다. 더 나아가 기존의 페시브와 엑티브 건축을 대체할 하나의 방안으로써의 키네틱 건축에 대하여 살펴보았다. 이를 위해, 페시브와 엑티브 건축의 한계 분석과 키네틱 건축의 특성을 분석하였다. 페시브와 엑티브 건축의 한계는 여러 매체의 문헌 고찰을 통해 이루어졌다. 이를 통해 한계들이 도출 되었다. 한계들은 4가지로, 빛 (Lighting), 시야(View), 에너지 효율성 (Energy Efficiency), 그리고 공간적 제약 (Spatial Restriction)이다. 이 4가지 한계들은 페시브 건축에서 모두 나타나며, 엑티브 건축에서는 에너지 효율성에 대한 한계가 나타난다. 키네틱 건축의 특성에 대한 고찰 및 분석은 2 가지 방향으로 진행되었다. 첫 번째 접근은 기존 건축물들의 한계를 극복한 완공된 키네틱 건축물의 사례 조사이다. 총 5개의 사례를 분석하였으며, 각 사례들은 페시브와 엑티브 건축의 한계와 기후의 제약을 극복하기 위해 키네틱 요소들을 사용한 대표적인 예시들이다. 두 번째 접근방법은 키네틱 건축 요소의 거시 분석과 미시 분석이다. 제약을 극복한 키네틱 건축물들의 요소와 특성을 분석하여 거시적인 트렌드를 알 수 있었으며 각 요소와의 관계 또한 유추하였다. 분석은 총 31개의 완공된 키네틱 건축을 기반으로 기후 (Climate), 열 제어 메커니즘 (Control mechanism), 동작 제어 메커니즘 (Operation), 가시성 (Visibility), 공간 스케일 (Spatial Scale)을 분석하였다. 분석의 결과는 다음과 같다. 거시 분석을 통해 키네틱 건축의 전반적인 디자인 트렌드를 도출해냈다. 디자인 트렌드는 열 제어 메커니즘으로 내부 열 유입 방지 (Internal Heat Gain)를 사용하며 AI 등을 사용하지 않은 내적 동작 방식을 사용한다. 또한 높은 가시성을 가지며 건물의 외관을 이루는 요소가 동적인 역할을 한다. 키네틱 건축을 사용하는 특정한 기후대는 나타나지 않았다. 미시 분석은 각 요소들의 연관성을 분석하였는데, 외관을 이루는 요소가 동적인 경우의 수가 가장 많아 키네틱 건축 중 키네틱 요소가 외관에 위치한 경우를 분석하였다. 키네틱 요소가 건물의 외관에 위치할 경우, 높은 가시성을 띄며, AI 등을 사용하는 외적 동적 제어를 사용하는 경우가 가장 많다. 또한 열 제어 방법으로는 내부로의 열 유입 방지의 방법을 가장 많이 사용하였다. 더 나아가 각 키네틱 건축물의 키네틱 요소와 동력, 재료 등이 분석되었다. 본 연구는 사례 분석과 미시, 거시 분석을 통해 키네틱 건축이 기존 건축의 한계를 극복할 수 있는 가능성을 제시하였다. 더 나아가 키네틱 건축의 거시적인 트렌드와 각 요소의 연관성을 분석함으로써 본 연구를 통해 디자인의 과정에서 건물에 동적인 요소를 사용하는 경우 효율적인 요소를 파악하는데 도움을 줄 수 있기를 기대한다.