An Evaluation of the Morphological Approach of Deconstructivist Pioneer Architects Through Interior Spaces

Among the first engagement by humans is the profession of architecture, and has been the mirror of various layers of human accomplishments, hence, architecture is more than a physical art, it is more of human art, in which any variable that affects human is reflected in the profession of architecture. The obvious evidence of the interrelation between architecture and man is known through sciences like philosophy, psychology, and sociology, which is also on-going. Philosophy, in particular, has been utilized to reflect notions, which is concretized in architecture. Thus, the translation of philosophy to architecture introduced by the philosopher Jacques Derrida, and developed by architects, have provided a medium in which the notion of deconstructivist architects can denote their notions. Therefore, the focus of this thesis is to deliberate on morphological approaches for the deconstructive interior spaces, which have been deconstructed and procreated by deconstructivist architects. The main aim of this thesis is to provide a tangible base of the morphological approaches of the deconstructivist architect through an interior space. This was to answer the research question which is “How are deconstructivist architects representing their ideas in an objective way through the architectural morphology of interior spaces?”. The bases of this thesis are adopted and evaluated through six case studies from the various projects (buildings, building complex) from key deconstructivist architects (Peter Eisenman, Bernard Tschumi, and Daniel Libeskind) that denoted various strategies of deconstructivism. A multi-qualitative research methodology is employed in the thesis. , three approaches were used through the study, which is descriptive, exploratory, and evaluative approach and also a critical literature review on these topics; Philosophy of Deconstruction, Deconstructivism architecture, Architectural Morphology of Interior space, Forming Operations. The results of this dissertation clarify that there is no obvious materialistic morphological approach through deconstructing the interior spaces by selected deconstructivist architects to pursue movement by space designer candidates. Yet, the deconstructivist architects have utilized several conventional form operations, either consciously or unconsciously, owing to representing a notion of deconstructivism characteristics neatly profound within a space. The criteria of this study would serve as a platform for further researches concerning the architectural morphology whether internal and external of deconstructivist spaces. Keywords: Philosophy of Deconstruction, Deconstructivism Architecture, Morphological Approaches, Architectural Morphology of Interior space, Forming Operations.