In Western culture, from an early age we are ingrained with the
notion that weight in building construction equals strength as
evinced even in children's stories such as the 'The Three Little
Pigs'. This idea of the relative strength of mass pervades our
culture as a fundamental truth, but heavy materials are not
intrinsically stronger than lighter ones. While time will be needed
to remove the biases that we carry in our cultural DNA, our
perception of strength has begun to shift. If we look at the
historical evolution of architecture - from the massive pyramids of
Egypt to the framed structures of Greek and Roman construction, to
the lighter Gothic vaulting and eventually modern architecture of
the twentieth century - we see a continuous, almost linear
progression from solid mass construction to diaphanous skins of
glass and steel. This is our historic journey from mass to
membrane.
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