But to the structural purist, as well as the organicist, the double-functioning structural form would be abhorrent because of the nonexact, ambiguous correspondence between form and function, and form and structure. In contrast, in the Katsura Villa (44) the bamboo rod in tension and the wood post in compression are similar in form. To the Modern architect, I think, the two would seem sinisterly similar in section and size despite the current inclination toward traditional Japanese design. The Renaissance
pilaster (as well as other structural elements used in a nonstructural way) can involve the phenomenon bothand at several levels. It can be at the same time physically structural or not, symbolically structural through association, and compositionally ornamental by promoting rhythm and also complexity of scale in the giant order.