The fold as a Concept Structure in Architecture of Post-Modern Time

ABSTRACT: This study presents the theoretical background of the folding theory under the flag of Post-modernism, considering its features. This thesis contains five chapters including the introduction chapter. The second chapter is an investigation through the concept of Post-modernism. The chapter is briefly mentions its historical background and features of Post-modernism. The third chapter is a bridge between the second and the fourth, in order to give a theoretical background to the main subject, which is the fold. This chapter talks about the fold, its origins and features through the Baroque and introduces Gilles Deleuze’s readings and writings of Folding. The last chapter is the section that opens the discussion about the Fold and Folding Architecture. There are certain key ideas that have been discussed. Since Peter Eisenman is one of the most famous architects of this theoretical field, the debated issues are will be examined on three of his works as sample studies. Finally this study founded the idea of Concept Structure, a structure that contains ideas and theories. Concept structure is a term presented in this study and it discusses the issue of concept in architecture as a structure, which can be perceived as a system that works by means of different features of a theory. This structure can be the vision of a still standing structure in the language of virtual reality. Keywords: Post-modernism, Concept, Baroque, Folding, and Folding Architecture. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………