Thursday, November 18, 2010

Principles......


Principles: A sense of unity is crucial for a building in order to feel harmonious.  The following ordering principles are diverse ways that forms and spaces of a building coexist within an ordered and unified whole.

Axis: A line established between two points in space.  Elements are usually balance on either side to create a sense of harmony. 

Symmetry: The distribution and arrangement of equivalent forms and spaces on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane. 

Hierarchy: The significance of a form or space by its size, shape or placement relative to the other forms and spaces of the organization.

Datum: A line, plane, or volume, that by its continuity and regularity, serves to measure and organize a pattern of forms and spaces. 

Rhythm and Repetition: A movement characterized by a pattern of repeating or alternating elements  in the same form.

Transformation: The idea that a concept or structure can be altered through a series of discrete manipulations in response to existing conditions.

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