Solid States: Concrete in Transition

Abstract

Concrete develops through all the history timelines of human affairs. We already have the progress of architectural form by space organization, concrete construction, and facade design. Especially, the works of Le Corbusier dedicated himself to the potential buildings in all the variation industrial concrete form,spectacular curve, the quote “machines for living”. (Palley, 2010). Furthermore, the great architects such as, Louis I Kahn, Oscar Niemeyer, Eero Saarinen, and Paul Rudolph have generated ideas to cut the restriction of concrete characteristic. The masterpiece reflects the concrete qualities, then created new tracks of concrete construction, such as curve form, organic shape, etc. through their masterpiece.