Seven basic principles of space enclosing elements Flashcards
Equilibrium, Equity, Adjustment of tones, Values
BALANCE
Harmony, unrelated parts are
brought into proper relationship
UNITY AND
HIERARCHY
Variety of shapes and textures.
CONTRAST
Relationships the eye makes with, between the size, shape, and tone of various objects or parts of a composition.
PROPORTION
A part considered with respect to the whole
PROPORTION
Interrelationship of all parts of an arrangement
PROPORTION
is expressiveness. The exterior
of a building expresses the internal
function.
CHARACTER
Size, magnitude, relationship of
the human body with architectural
motifs such as doors, windows,
steps.
SCALE
Repetition, regular recurrence
of lines, shapes, forms, and colors.
RHYTHM
7 THEORIES OF PROPORTION
CG, K? MARS
- GOLDEN SECTION
- CLASSICAL ORDERS
- KEN
- MODULOR
- ANTHROPOMETRY
- SCALE
- RENAISSANCE THEORIES
Proportioning system represents the ratio 1.618 : 1 and denoted by phi ϕ or τ
GOLDEN SECTION / RATIO
Introduced by Leonardo Fibonacci in the book calculating
series begins with 0 and 1, then next number is found by adding the last two number together
Fibonacci Sequence
a harmonious measure to the human scale universally applicable to architecture and mechanics
Modulor
system that is based on two things Proportions of the human body & Mathematics
Modulor
studied human scale during the Renaissance with his painting The Vitruvian Man.
Leonardo Da Vinci