axis etc., while there is only one exceptional hotel in Kukes which is placed outside the city, in the end of a picturesque axis.
6.5 Articulation of Volume, Mass and Form in Hotel “Turizmi The other significant analysis considered for this level is related with the image of the hotel regarding the form and volume. Through the process of identifying the variables and similarities in the component of form, there are identified the following models by assessing the configuration of the ground floor and the above ground volume: Since the presentation of the Vitruvius concept regarding the primary characteristics of architecture, Firmitas (Structure, Solidity), Utilitas (The function), Venustas (Aesthetics, Beauty), several architects and scholars have studied the correlation between these components by trying to identify the order or narration between them. Notations like “Form follows Function” (Louis Sullivan), “Form and Function should be one, joined in a spiritual union” (Frank Lloyd Wright), or “Form follows beauty” (Oscar Niemeyer), leads us to the recognition of “Form” as the central part of the architectural conception, specifically in a context where architecture is used as a mean to transmit or pump external factors or ideas. According to (Ching, 2014, p. 34), “Form is an inclusive term that has several meanings. it may refer to an external appearance that can be recognized […] a particular condition in which something acts or manifest itself […] the manner of arranging and coordinating the elements and parts of a composition so as to produce a coherent image”.
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