AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PHENOMENON OF GLOSSINESS IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE

Atthaillah Badruddin

doi:10.29103/arj.v2i2.1241

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PHENOMENON OF GLOSSINESS IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE

Atthaillah Badruddin

Abstract

This paper will investigate the phenomenon of glossiness as a rising trend in contemporary architecture. Also,
this paper will argue a significant transition in the surface finishing and socio-technical development has
directed architecture toward the trend of glossiness. To gain a better understanding toward this particular
phenomenon, the exploration within this study will be discussed in two parts. First, we will look at glossiness as
material quality and the limitation of perception. This will suggest the glossiness as a result of the interaction
between the known material qualities, such as transparency, reflectivity and opacity. Next, we will further look
at this particular phenomenon in socio-technical development in the 20th century to understand why the
glossiness has present in the contemporary architecture. Consequently, this understanding will bring us to the
comprehension of glossiness as a product of consumerism culture and computer innovation in architecture
surface materiality.

Keywords

Glossiness, glossy, sheen

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