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Lesson 1 Flashcards

1
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Two spaces may abut each other or share a common border

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Adjacent Space

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2
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Horizontal depressed ground plane

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Depressed Base Plane

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3
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What are the types of Base Planes?

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  1. Elevated Base Plane
  2. Depressed Base Plane
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4
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Articulates the space on which it fronts which establishes gateways and defines principal facades

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Wall Plane

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5
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2 SEPARATE SYSTEMS

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  1. Vestibular System
  2. Kinesthetic System
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6
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What are the space relationships to shape and form?

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  1. Overhead Plane
  2. Wall Plane
  3. Base Plane
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7
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An example of this relationship are roofs or ceilings

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Overhead Plane

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8
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2D, serves to define the limits or boundaries of a volume
Properties: length, width, shape, surface, orientation, position
Supplementary properties: surface, color, pattern, texture, affecting visual weight and stability.

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Plane

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9
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RELATIONAL PROPERTIES OF FORM

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  1. Position
  2. Orientation
  3. Visual Inertia
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10
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A phenomenon of light and visual perception that may be described in terms of an individual’s perception of hue, saturation and tonal value

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Color

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11
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Degree of concentration and stability of a form

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Visual Inertia

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12
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Altering one or more of its dimension and still retain as a member of a family of a form.

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Dimensional Transformation

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13
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Subtracting a portion of its volume

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Subtractive Transformation

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14
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Is a vital to shaping and enclosure of architectural space

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Wall plane

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15
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Grouped by proximity or the sharing of a common visual trait or relationship

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Clustered Organization

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16
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Serves as physical foundation and visual base

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Base Plane

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17
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Is the physical dimensions of length, width and depth of form

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Size

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18
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Closure – establish the boundaries of an introverted space and influence the field of space around the enclosure

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Four Plane

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19
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Linear sequence if repetitive spaces

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Linear Organization

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20
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It prescribes bases or guidelines on how architecture should be designed and what principles to be followed.

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Prescriptive Theory

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21
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Generates a field of space from its corner outward along a diagonal axis

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L-Shaped Plane

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22
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The sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, joints

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Kinesthetic

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23
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Forms interpenetrate each other’s space

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Interlocking volume

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24
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Space extends in a radial manner

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Radial Organization

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25
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1Dimentional with the properties: length, direction, position

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Line

26
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The location of a form relative to its environment

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Position

27
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Is the characteristic outline / surface configuration of particular form. Principal aspect by which we identify and categorizes forms

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Shape

28
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Senses those concerned w/ perceiving the body’s own movement and informing the individual’s position and position of limbs in space

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Proprioceptive Senses

29
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Spatial Relationships

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  1. Space within a Space
  2. Interlocking Space
  3. Adjacent Space
  4. Space linked by a Common Space
30
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Defines a volume of space that is oriented primarily toward the open end of the configuration

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U-Shaped Plane

31
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Overlap the volume of another space

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Interlocking Space

32
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It explains phenomenon/ events
and is neutral and does not lean towards any ideology

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Descriptive Theory

33
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In the ear which is mainly concerned w maintaining the body posture and equilibrium

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Vestibular System

34
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What are the types of Wall Planes?

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  1. Single Vertical plane
  2. L-Shaped Plane
  3. Parallel Plane
  4. U-Shaped Plane
  5. Four Planes
35
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Define a volume of space between them that is oriented axially toward both open ends of the configuration

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Parallel Plane

36
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KINESTHETIC QUALITIES OF SPACE

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  1. Kinesthetic
  2. Proprioceptive Senses
37
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Direction of a form relative to the ground plane

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Orientation

38
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Horizontal plane elevated above the ground plane

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Elevated Base Plane

39
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3 Dimensional with the properties: length, width, depth, form, space, surface, orientation, position

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Volume

40
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It challenges relationships between architecture and society

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Critical Theory

41
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TRANSFORMATION OF FORMS

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  1. Dimensional Transformation
  2. Subtractive Transformation
  3. Additive Transformation
42
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Central, dominant space about which a number of secondary spaces are grouped

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Centralized Organization

43
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Consists of seniors in the muscles, tendons and joints that indicated the relative position and movement of body part

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Kinesthetic System

44
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3 GENETIC TYPES OF PLANE MANIPULATING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

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a. OVERHEAD PLANE
b. WALL PLANE
c. BASE PLANE

45
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The act of thinking, discussing and writing about architecture. Basis of architectural design

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Architectural Theory

46
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Is the grouping 2 or more forms

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Additive Transformation

47
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What are the 3 forms/theories?

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  1. Descriptive
  2. Prescriptive
  3. Critical
48
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Shares a common edge and can pivot about that edge

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Edge to edge contact

49
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A space may be contained within the volume of a larger space

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Space within a Space

50
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What are the visual properties of form?

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  1. Shape
  2. Size
  3. Color
  4. Texture
51
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What are the primary elements of design?

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  1. Point
  2. Line
  3. Plane
52
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Primary identifying characteristics of a volume

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Form

53
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It can be flat or two dimensional or three dimensional

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Space

54
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What are the 4 types of additive transformation?

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  1. Spatial Tension
  2. Edge to edge contact
  3. Face to face contact
  4. Interlocking volume
55
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Two spaces may rely on intermediary space for their relationship

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Space linked by a Common Space

56
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Zero dimension, indicates position in space

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Point

57
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An analysis of a set of facts in relation to others

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Theory

58
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Organized within the field of a structural grid/ other three dimensional framework

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Grid Organization

59
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What are the types of Organization of Spaces

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  1. Centralized Organization
  2. Linear Organization
  3. Radial Organization
  4. Clustered Organization
  5. Grid Organization
60
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Two forms have corresponding planar surfaces which are parallel to each other

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Face to face contact

61
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Close proximity of the forms or their sharing of a common visual trait

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Spatial Tension

62
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Is the visual and especially tactile quality given to a surface by the shape, size, arrangement and proportion of the parts

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Texture

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