Frascari, just like Gregotti, believes detail, architectural expression or meaning, and construction cannot be separated. As the title of the essay The Tell-the-Tale Detail suggests, Friscari believes the detail is part of a narrative of the project. A detail's ability to provide a narrative for how the building was constructed and articulate certain aspects of the design are closely related. For example, the aspect of design emphasized could be process of construction which is revealed through a detail that shows the structure. As described by Frampton, this would be structural-technical ontological element that is shaped so as to emphasize its static role (Frampton 2002, 94). However, Frascari and Gregotti's approach to defining the purpose of the detail is less limiting than Frampton's etymological
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This is similar to the idea of a detail following the guiding concept of the building, but it is slightly more flexible as it does not dictate the use of motifs. However, the details as a "generator of the character of a building" approach can be applied to all buildings as one can look at a building and ask whether or not the details strengthen its character. The expressive detail is different from the authentic detail in that the expressive detail is a detail that clearly communicates the architectural expression of a project. The expressive detail is achieved through a careful articulation of tectonics - structure, the process of construction - and materiality. Gregotti defined the expressive detail as a detail which demonstrates the relationship of materials and the differences, both practical and symbolic, in use (Gregotti 1996, 496). The more explicit or clear a detail is in communicating the relationships and differences, the more expressive it can be considered. Therefore, the expressive detail understands construction techniques as, in the past, a separation between detail design and construction knowledge lead to an increase in ornamentation as
This is similar to the idea of a detail following the guiding concept of the building, but it is slightly more flexible as it does not dictate the use of motifs. However, the details as a "generator of the character of a building" approach can be applied to all buildings as one can look at a building and ask whether or not the details strengthen its character. The expressive detail is different from the authentic detail in that the expressive detail is a detail that clearly communicates the architectural expression of a project. The expressive detail is achieved through a careful articulation of tectonics - structure, the process of construction - and materiality. Gregotti defined the expressive detail as a detail which demonstrates the relationship of materials and the differences, both practical and symbolic, in use (Gregotti 1996, 496). The more explicit or clear a detail is in communicating the relationships and differences, the more expressive it can be considered. Therefore, the expressive detail understands construction techniques as, in the past, a separation between detail design and construction knowledge lead to an increase in ornamentation as