UMA IMAGEM DO MUSEU MILITAR DE DRESDEN:

UM OLHAR PELO VIÉS DA GESTALT E DA GEOMETRIA

Abstract

This work tries to observe how the knowledge derived from geometry contributes to the translation of elements of the Gestalt theory. A case study, from an analysis of an image of the Military Museum, in the city of Dresden, Germany, is used. This image is derived from a contemporary intervention in a neoclassical building, proposed by Daniel Libeskind, loaded with symbolisms explained by the architect's own discourse. Through an exercise of vocabulary translation between Gestalt and geometry a reading of the formal relations established between the original facade and the elements of the intervention is realized. The results constitute a hypothesis of the architect's intention to determine precise positions, asymmetry, parallels and perpendicularities, between the forms of the intervention and those of the original facade, to provoke visual sensations and refer to the symbolic load of the image.