Cosmos and Chaos are Ancient Greek deities that represent order and dis-order in cosmology. As an assessment, I have been looking at the small elements in architecture (i.e. bricks, planks, modules), and the way they join together to form either chaos or cosmos.
Chaos- The Greeks saw chaos as the scary, formless void which cosmos was born from. In contemporary terms it could be seen as the freedom of shapes from any geometrical norms. Post-Modernist architecture has great examples of these chaotic shapes that ignore the balanced ideas of the classicalists.
Cosmos- This is the order that emerged from the labyrinth of chaos in mythology. Cosmos is visible in lots of traditional buildings, in particular classical and neo-classical. It displays balance, symmetry and stability. Yet it's not just reserved for the ancients; it can be seen everywhere in modern design and blends seamlessly into the world around us, from masonry layouts to blocks of flats.
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