ABSTRACT
Reason and Emotion are concepts that the 17th-century philosophy separated, opposing them. Recent research has put that antagonism into question, demonstrating that every rational expression is based on emotions. Therefore, these are not opposed concepts; they work together. Architecture is a discipline where this interdependence has always been present.Tectonics is a concept resulting from a long doctrinal search on the relationship between the functional side of architecture and its philosophical and aesthetic sense. In other words, it focuses on the duality between construction and expression, aiming to apprehend the correlation between both the rational and the emotional sides of the architectural object. To that extent, it is a concept intrinsic to every creative undertaking, inducing a culture that refuses the uncritical adoption of previous models in favor of a project that integrates all the elements specific to its own circumstances. Elements that vary according to different factors, such as topography, climate, available materials, construction techniques, and the relevance given by the author to each one of them. Tectonics’ role is to structure all those elements, defining the relationship between reason and emotion and how it is expressed.
