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Theory Of Design Collision Of Forms
FORMAL COLLISIONS OF GEOMETRY FORMS When two forms differing in geometry or orientation collide and interpenetrate each other’s boundaries , each will complete for visual supremacy and dominance. The two forms can subvert their individual identities and merge to create a new composite form. One of the two form can receive the other totally within its volume The Two forms can retain their individual identities and share the interlocking portions of their volumes. The Two forms can separate and be linked by third element that recalls the geometry of one of the original forms
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FORMAL COLLISIONS OF GEOMETRY FORMS Forms differing in geometry or orientation may be incorporate into single organization
•To accommodate or accentuate the different requirement of interior space • To express the functional or symbolic importance of form or space within its context •To generate a composite form that incorporates the contrasting geometries into central organization • To inflect a space towards a specific feature of the building site •To carve a well defined volume of space form a building form http://www.frontdesk.co.in/forum/
FORMAL COLLISIONS OF GEOMETRY FORMS Forms differing in geometry or orientation may be incorporate into single organization •To express and articulate the various constructional / mechanical systems that exist within a building form
•To reinforce a local symmetry in the building form •To respond to contrasting geometries of site’s topography , vegetation , edges or adjacent structures •To acknowledge an already existing path of movement through a building site http://www.frontdesk.co.in/forum/
ARTICULATION OF FORMS Articulation = the manner in which surface of form come together to define its shape and volume • Differentiating adjacent surface with a change of material , color , texture, or pattern •Developing the corner as distinct linear element independent of surfaces
•Removing the corner to physically separate adjacent planes • lighting the form to create sharp distinctions of light and dark at its corners http://www.frontdesk.co.in/forum/
CORNERS •CORNER defines meeting of two planes if the two planes simply touch • introducing a separate and distinct element that is independent of surfaces it joins • opening at corner , de-emphasizes the corner , weakens form volume , emphasizes the planer qualities of the surfaces • A volume of space in created to replace the corner . Deteriorates the corner , allow the interior space to leak outward . • Emphasizes the continuity of form’s surfaces , the compactness of volume and softness of contour. http://www.frontdesk.co.in/forum/
CORNERS Extended corners : Defining and Expressing the meeting of elements
Corner Detail, Izumo Shrine, Shimane Prefecture, Japan, A.D. 717 (last rebuilt in 1744).
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CORNERS Rounded corners : Emphasizing continuity of surface , compactness
of volume and softness of form
Johnson Wax Building Racine , Wisconsin , by Frank Lloyd Wright 1950
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CORNERS Rounded corners : Emphasizing continuity of surface , compactness
of volume and softness of form
Einstein Tower in Potsdam, Germany was built by architect Eric Mendelsohn between 1920-1921
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CORNERS Articulated corners : independent of the adjoining planes
the Basilica, Vicenza, Italy, by Andrea Palladio
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CORNERS Articulated corners : independent of the adjoining planes
the Basilica, Vicenza, Italy, by Andrea Palladio
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CORNERS Articulated corners : independent of the adjoining planes
commonwealth promenade apartments chicago 1953 mies van der rohe
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CORNERS Opening at corners : independent of the adjoining planes
Architectural design study : 1923 van doesburg and van Esteren
Falling water : Kaufmann Residence 1953 Frank Llyod Wright
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CORNERS Opening at corners : independent of the adjoining planes
Kaufmann desert house : Plam springs california 1946 , Richard Neutra
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SURFACE ARTICULATION OF FORMS • A plane shape can be articulated by contrasting the colors of the surface and the surrounding field . • A frontal view reveals the true shape of the plane ; oblique views distort it • Elements of know size within a plane’s visual field can aid our perception of its size and scale • Texture of plane’s surface together with its color will affect its visual weight , scale and light reflective qualities • The shape and perception of plane can be distorted or exaggerated by layering an optical pattern over its surface http://www.frontdesk.co.in/forum/
SURFACE ARTICULATION Surface color texture and pattern affecting the visual weight of form and articulation of its planes
Vincent street flats : london 1928 : Sir Edwin Lutyens http://www.frontdesk.co.in/forum/
SURFACE ARTICULATION Surface color texture and pattern affecting the visual weight of form and articulation of its planes
PALAZZO MEDICI RICCARDI : Florence 1444-60 Michelozzi http://www.frontdesk.co.in/forum/
Composition
Subdivision of a Ground Sheet by Lines.
Student Work.
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Mies van der Rohe
Brick Country House Plan.
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References Architecture: Form, Space & Order, Francis Ching, ISBN 0
442-21535-5 Elements of Architecture, Pierre Von Meiss, ISBN 0-74760014-7 Ordering Systems: An introduction to Architectural Design, Edward T. White, Architectural Media, University of Arizona. Principles of Form and Design, Wucius Wong, ISBN 0-44201405-8 The Good House: Contrast as a Design Tool, Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein, Barbara Winslow, ISBN 0-942391-05-5
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