Resumen de Thomas Herzog: pioneer of the 21st century's New Paradigm : a dissertation in the field of sustainable architecture
"The earliest buildings designad by Thomas Herzog reflect practicas of solar design. Overarching geometric forms as well as efficient structures complimented long, slanted south-facing walls incorporated in the meticulously-crafted structures. This strategy created much more approval in solar buildings in the eyes of the mass consumar. Inspired by the early modernism, his buildings characterize structure and function both ecologically and typologically while stressing the formal organization of plan and façade in tandem. In line with early followers of this movement, Herzog, too resorted to stretching the limits of tradition (including modernism) and taking a leadership role to broaden the view of present and future practitioners. Pioneering in development of buildings aligned to their place and context, Thomas Herzog repudiates design of closed systems independent of their location. Energy crisis can be suppressed through his ecologically-aware housing designs. The outer skins can react flexibly to changing conditions, and the energy balance can be regulated like an open system in accordance with dissipative climatic structures. The key element of the building then is the envelope which is conceived as an energy-exchange medium that reacts to specific local conditions. This inductive assessment of the relationship between the building and its environment is a salient achievement which wards off the repeatable types or monolithic structures. Conventionally, Herzog's architecture aims to reach to a self-sufliciency in ecology while the application of technology is his main concern, which is in fact an example of ""technicist development"" in the contemporary architecture. Through the analysis of a series of Thomas Herzog's works, a dozen of case studies have been selected for further discussion in which the design's approaches are based on Performance Form, both in its practicas and processes. Throughout these projects, there is a considerable integration between architecture and engineering. This thesis seeks to outline the prominence of performance-based design in which building performances are translated into guiding design principies while considered equal or above making the forms. Furthermore, it attempts to depict performative aspects in Herzog's works and suggests that the objectives sought by performance-based design can introduce an opportunity to an efficacious and accomplished architecture. Additionally, this study is aimed at realizing how concepts are brought into construction by exploiting innovative energy eflicient design. Further, it investigates less-focused concepts in establishing guidelines for future energy-efficient building design."
