ABSTRACT

Morphing is a term used to describe a process in which an object changes its form gradually in order to obtain another form.2 Morphing is a gradual transition that results in a marked change in the form’s appearance, character, condition, or function. While the cinematic model of morphing involves screen-based apparent rather than actual or substantive changes on the form itself, the architectural implementation of morphing suggests geometrical and topological transitions. Such processes involve operations that affect the geometry of a form while preserving its topology. Morphing is the interconnection between seemingly disparate entities. In its dynamic stage, it is the struggle to connect the unconnected, dissimilar, unrelated, and unalike. In its static stage, morphing is the bond between the past and the present. It embodies a formal definition of reminiscence in its most primitive and primordial state.