Some think that buildings should be constructed with functionality in mind, as it is more important than design. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Modern architecture has embarked upon various unique designs that give us the privilege of looking at various abstract structures around us. However, the principle of the shape of a building being primarily based upon its intended functions or purposes is getting lost somewhere in this flamboyance. This essay shall lay stress upon this issue further.
Architectural design values make up an important part of what influences architects and designers when they make their design decisions. As the technology, tastes and economies are rapidly changing, the need for new forms of buildings is being realized, giving way to modern architectural ideas. Some of these structures are really mind-blowing and have become the landmarks of the particular region. The Petronas Towers in Malaysia and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai are perfect examples for this. However, not all modern architectures have succeeded in their primary purpose – functionality.
Many of the modern architectural designs have failed to provide simple structural stability and functionality, in spite of being swanky and modish. We can quote Walt Disney concert hall in America as an example here. It has been complained to have been reflecting immense heat from the sun rays to the buildings nearby because of its structure. Another example is of the fully glass-paned Hancock Tower that was so feebly done, that the glass sheets started dropping out of the building and onto the road, creating a fatal situation for pedestrians underneath. The basic idea of these illustrations is to highlight the carelessness shown regarding the sturdiness of the building, in order to make it look contemporary and unique.
To conclude, I fully agree with the statement in the question emphasizing on the necessity of ‘form’ following ‘function’. The usefulness of a structure and its robustness should never be compromised for the sake of its grandeur and magnificence.
Discourse Markers used:
['however', 'if', 'look', 'really', 'regarding', 'so', 'as to', 'in spite of']
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance in Part of Speech:
Nouns: 0.25 0.247107183377 101% => OK
Verbs: 0.167647058824 0.155533422707 108% => OK
Adjectives: 0.0852941176471 0.0946595960268 90% => OK
Adverbs: 0.0441176470588 0.0501214627716 88% => OK
Pronouns: 0.0382352941176 0.0437548338989 87% => OK
Prepositions: 0.126470588235 0.122226691241 103% => OK
Participles: 0.0764705882353 0.0403226058552 190% => Less participles wanted.
Conjunctions: 3.19605228178 2.80594681477 114% => OK
Infinitives: 0.0205882352941 0.0326793684256 63% => OK
Particles: 0.00294117647059 0.00163938923432 179% => OK
Determiners: 0.114705882353 0.0861772015684 133% => OK
Modal_auxiliary: 0.00882352941176 0.021408717616 41% => OK
WH_determiners: 0.0117647058824 0.011925033212 99% => OK
Vocabulary words and sentences:
No of characters: 1949.0 1933.35771543 101% => OK
No of words: 303.0 316.048096192 96% => OK
Chars per words: 6.43234323432 6.12580529183 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.17215713816 4.20517956788 99% => OK
words length more than 5 chars: 0.402640264026 0.374742101984 107% => OK
words length more than 6 chars: 0.323432343234 0.28420135186 114% => OK
words length more than 7 chars: 0.244224422442 0.203846283523 120% => OK
words length more than 8 chars: 0.191419141914 0.137316102897 139% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.19605228178 2.80594681477 114% => OK
Unique words: 194.0 176.037074148 110% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.640264026403 0.56093040696 114% => OK
Word variations: 76.040645633 60.7387585426 125% => OK
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0891783567 93% => OK
Sentence length: 20.2 20.7743622355 97% => OK
Sentence length SD: 40.0246590658 49.517814964 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 129.933333333 127.492653851 102% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.2 20.7743622355 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 0.533333333333 0.814263465372 65% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38877755511 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 3.99599198397 0% => OK
Readability: 52.5432343234 49.1944974215 107% => OK
Elegance: 1.81176470588 1.69124875643 107% => OK
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.13187809606 0.332605444948 40% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence: 0.0878131594652 0.102741220458 85% => OK
Sentence sentence coherence SD: 0.0588171974761 0.0668466124924 88% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence: 0.530255517861 0.534860350844 99% => OK
Sentence paragraph coherence SD: 0.154938075568 0.148594505496 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0559098829657 0.134430193775 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0236634443826 0.0742795772207 32% => The sentences are too close to each other.
Paragraph paragraph coherence: 0.37489423487 0.324371583561 116% => OK
Paragraph paragraph coherence SD: 0.106512621966 0.0638462369009 167% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0866177688957 0.228012699653 38% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0301609086607 0.058150111329 52% => The ideas may be duplicated in paragraphs.
Task Achievement:
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.68436873747 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 3.9879759519 125% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.41683366733 88% => OK
Positive topic words: 4.0 5.90881763527 68% => OK
Negative topic words: 2.0 2.5751503006 78% => OK
Neutral topic words: 2.0 1.9629258517 102% => OK
Total topic words: 8.0 10.4468937876 77% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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Note: This is not the final score. The e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.