"The Function of Structure" explores the production of singular affectsthrough systems that relate form and content. This is an essential graphicmanual on structural systems and their capacity to produce a variety offorms. Extracting their base geometric unit, a wide range of historicalprojects from the Medieval to the present are used as systems toproliferate different forms. The book distinguishes tessellation frommodulation as a type of flexible system for producing complex repetitionthrough diverse parts. The research presented aims to move architecturalexperiments away from 'mechanistic' notions of systems for re-producingforms, to 'machinic' notions of systems that determine how parts of anarchitectural problem interrelate and multiply. This open nature oftransversal systems leads to new actualized forms and novel affects.