C O LO R T H E O RY FALL 2019 YENIFER CORDOBA
CONTENTS
MODULES M1. M2. M3. M4. M5. M6. M7. M8. M9. M10. M11.
COLOR + ME COLOR + CULTURE COLOR + THEORY COLOR + DESIGNERS COLOR + PERCEPTION + BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE COLOR + ENVIRONMENT COLOR + BALANCE COLOR + EMPHASIS COLOR + VARIETY (Hospitality) COLOR + VARIETY (Workplace) COLOR + CONCLUSION
M1
COLOR + ME
MAJOR | Architecture Master’s in Architecture 2019
WHY DESIGN? Since I have memory I have always had the desire and necessity of creating things and spaces either by painting, drawing, sculpting or using physical objects like Legos or geometrical wood figures. The desire of creating, organizing and thinking about how a space makes you feel made me chose architecture.
ABOUT ME! BORN IN
I HAD LIVED…
FAMILY
Bogota Colombia
Colombia
Mom Stepdad Siblings Nephew Pets
Florida Georgia
Bogota, Facatativa, Medellin Miami, Davie, Weston, Sunrise (Current) Atlanta
LANGUAGES Elsa Jaime Juan & Santiago Luciano Mia and Diego
Spanish | English
TRAVEL
REASONS Inside Colombia I traveled across the north side of the country to explore new cities with my mom. I traveled to the United Sates to begin a new life and I had traveled to Canada, the Bahamas, and Mexico to learn about new cultures.
CANADA COLOMBIA BAHAMAS MEXICO U.S.A
Toronto, Montreal, Quebec Cartagena, San Andres, Santa Martha, Medellin. (Other small cities) Nassau, Coco Cay Cancun Florida, Georgia, New York, Minnesota
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.
MOTIVES I love traveling to explore the world, to feed my mind and my soul with new experiences. I love the feeling of learning from other cultures, testing other kind of food and smelling new fragrances. Traveling relaxes me and opens my mind to new ways of seeing the world..
HOBBIES + ADVENTURE BETWEEN MY HOBBIES I love painting, drawing, and reading (A little secret, I love organizing and cleaning stuff) If I am not doing art or reading, you can find me outdoors; exploring the world, gardening (from planting avocado trees to orchid flowers), dancing, skating, kayaking, or just playing with my dog. I love adventures, when I have a spare of time I like to look for outdoor activities that bring adrenaline into my live.
COLOR PALETTE Personal color preferences TURQUOISE is one of my favorite colors, it remains me to the colors of the sea. I like this color because it makes me think about calm, serenity and joy.
CORAL is a color that I discovered lately. It is in a range of pale pinkish-orange to light pink. This color me feel happiness and think about delicacy.
WHITE is a color that I like because as well as turquoise it represent calm and tranquility. It’s an elegant and refreshing color
BLACK as well as gray are colors that I consider elegant and sophisticated. This two colors are calm and you can combine with almost everything.
NATURE!!!
I love to live surrounded by nature‌ As much as I love the excitement of the city, I really enjoy the calmness of a rural town. Since I have memory, I have always admire the beauty of the natural world and universe. Sometimes I think I have a little obsession with plants specially trees, animals of any kind and the sky with its constellations. There was a time that I was plenty obsessed with the moon, few years ago anyone could check my phone and find thousands of pictures of the moon.
M2
COLOR + CULTURE COLOMBIA|JAPAN
My CULTURE and country is Colombia. The most powerful memory of color or tradition in my country are the primary colors (yellow, blue and red) used on the Colombian flag and their significative meaning behind them. The colors of the flag represent a patriotic meaning. They are embraced in every yearly celebrations and cultural tradition of every single city of my country.
I have chosen Japan to learn about their culture and how they use color. I have always had an interest about their culture, tradition and food. Also its architecture and their innovated and creative way of doing things. I haven’t been in Japan yet but it is the first country in my traveling list after graduation.
COLOMBIA
Colombia is a country with a large variety of culture and tradition. Every city in Colombia has its own cultural celebration and traditions that involves a large variety of tropical colors that show the people’s passion, warmth, joy, happiness and enthusiasm. However, even though every single city has their own tropical color use, it is always present the use of the flag colors in our traditional celebrations (yellow, blue and red) just to remember the meaning and behind of these colors.
COLOR PALETTE CAĂ‘O CRISTALES COLOMBIA YELLOW represents the gold that Colombia possessed before the Spanish Colonization
BLUE represents the two oceans that touch our country, the rives and the sky
It also symbolizes sovereignty and justice
It also indicates loyalty and vigilance
RED represents the spilled blood of the Colombian soldiers in the independence battle from Spain It also symbolizes love, passion and power
GREEN represents natural wealth in the Colombian ecosystem It also symbolizes the warmth of the city, the joy, happiness and enthusiasm of the Colombians
In carnivals and cultural events, the use of these three colors can be found on the clothing, the decoration of the streets, handcrafted elements and even on the architecture of the cities.
There are some other colors like orange that represent happiness and warmth and green that represents the extended variety of nature and symbolizes peace as well as the white color.
JAPAN
Japan is a country raised in tradition and the use of color in the culture is represented in their dresses, art, and rituals. Similarly to Colombia, Japanese people have a large variety of color use. There are many colors that involve the belief of luck, such as blue, and they have some colors that are very important at weddings and other rituals like black and white. The colors on Japanese kimonos can vary but the color of the Obi (a band worn around the body) is what it carries the meaning or symbolism. A kimono or suit can be black or white and represent a funeral or a wedding. However if the Obi on the kimono is colorful, it is probably used for a wedding.
COLOR PALETTE
RED Represents happiness and joy
BLUE coolness, passivity and fidelity
WHITE similarly to red, white represents happiness and joy
GREEN Indicates restfulness and freshness
Also indicates strength, passion, self sacrifice and blood
It also symbolizes good luck
It also indicates death and mourning, purity, and truth
Also represents youth, eternity, vitality and energy
Japanese culture also uses colors like silver and gold to symbolize wealth and prestige. Pink represents spring, femininity, youth, and good health.
Other colors like brown that comes from the earth indicates strength and durability. Yellow represents the sunshine and Japanese nature. Purple symbolizes royalty and orange represents love, happiness, and knowledge.
REFERENCES CaĂąo Cristales Colombia COLOMBIA https://www.medellincuenta.com https://hablemosdeculturas.com/costumbrescolombianas/ https://www.cultura10.org/colombiana/ https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/discovercartagena https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/ south-america/colombia/medellin/ https://wsimag.com/es/viajes/18032-la-candelaria
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-flag-ofcolombia.html https://wewillgoadventuring.wordpress.com/2015/05/23 /romance-and-lore-in-cartagena/ https://www.pandotrip.com/cano-cristales-the-river-offive-colors-in-colombia-11834/ https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-flag-ofcolombia.html
The Island Shrine of Itsukushima JAPAN https://www.color-meanings.com/color-meanings-japan/ http://www.aventurasenjapon.com/10-motivos-por-losque-viajar-a-japon/ http://www.retireinasia.com/people-and-culture-in-japan/ https://www.japanhoppers.com/en/all_about_japan/natu re/ https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2096.html https://www.manhattanbride.com/insights/japanese/
M3
COLOR + THEORY WHAT IS COLOR THEORY?
“COLOR THEORY IS THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF A SET OF PRINCIPALS USED TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP AMONG COLORS. COLOR THEORY HELPS TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE COLOR PLAYS IN ART, DESIGN, AND OTHER ALLIED PROFESSIONS.”
HUGE, VALUE AND CHROMA are three dimensions of color. HUGE is pure color VALUE is the lightness / darkness of color CHROMA is the purity of color *Two basic types of color mixing are LIGHT & PIGMENT
PROPERTIES OF LIGHT REFLECTION: Light strikes and object reflecting back the color that we see. DIFFRACTION: Occurs when light is partially obstructed by an object. REFRACTION: One or more light rays moves through a light medium to another
COLOR LANGUAGE
R
G B
ADDITIVE COLOR MIXING
M
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Y SUBTRACTIVE COLOR MIXING
M4
Cordoba
COLOR + DESIGNERS CASE STUDY
REM KO O L H A AS Born
November 17th , 1944
Where
Rotterdam, Netherlands
What
Dutch architect
School
Architectural Association in London
Awards
Pritzker Prize (2000) Praemium Imperiale (2003) Royal Gold Medal (2004)
He was OMA’s founder together with Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp in 1975 and in 1978 he is recognized for embracing the energy of modernity though his writings and buildings. His first recognized achievement was through his book Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan.
MCCORMICK TRIBUNE CAMPUS CENTER Location Client Year Program Partner
Chicago, USA Illinois Institute of Technology 1997 – 2003 Education Rem Koolhaas
“The large single-storey Campus Center provides a focal point for the previously sundered halves of the campus, and features a noise-absorbing steel tube wrapping the Elevated metro that runs directly over the building and, inside, a dense mosaic of programs including a bookstore, food court, café, auditorium, computer centre, and meeting spaces.” (O.M.A)
C O LO R + M AT E R I A L & I L U M I N AT I O N Through the use of color and light manipulation, Koolhaas develops the interiors using analogous and opposite colors to create a continuous and contrasting movement though the interior spaces. “The warm yellow and orange windows allow light in to guide movement.� (Elizabeth Lee) The use of warm color though the building helps to create and enthusiastic and creative environment to the students of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center.
C O LO R + M AT E R I A L The color composition of the building is mostly based on a color palette that includes orange, yellow, red, gray and black. Orange is the unifying color on the building’s palette and it can be seen in many spaces of the building. In Koolhaas’s concept of “Miesian influence”, Mies van der Rohe used to paint the steel of his buildings in black in order to reflect elegance and strength. Thus, Koolhaas follows this method on his design to project that idea of elegance to the viewer. He also incorporates orange into the spaces to add contrast and create a warm, happy and stimulating environment
Though the design of the interior spaces of the campus, Koolhaas manipulates light and color to create dramatic lighting transitions in the building. In the image it can be perceived how one side of the space is mainly orange because the light reflected on the wall is passing through the orange-tinted windows, while the other side is blue since the light reflected on the wall is passing though a window with no tint. This contrast of color though light reflection divides the program of the building.
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
The McCormick Tribune Campus Center is a building composed of analogous and opposite colors to create a harmonious division of interior spaces and building program‌
https://architizer.com/projects/mccormick-tribune-campuscenter/ https://oma.eu/projects/iit-mccormick-tribune-campuscenter https://archidose.blogspot.com/2003/10/mccormicktribune-campus-center.html https://openhousechicago.org/sites/site/iit-mccormicktribune-campus-center/ http://www.akselcoruh.com/mccormick-tribune-center-iitgallery/ https://www.architonic.com/en/project/oma-amo-themccormick-tribune-campus-center/5100219 http://www.lynnbecker.com/repeat/OedipusRem/koolhaas IIT.htm
M5
COLOR + PERCEPTION + BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE
“Just as water is necessary for life, color sustains our souls.” Perception and behavioral response of color is always subjective. When introducing color in a design, we as designers should consider trends, styles, and aesthetics. We also should have in mind the behavior, emotions, symbolic meaning, age, gender and even cultural differences when we are choosing a color palette for our designs.
“WHETHER FOR RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL SPACES, COLOR IS A CRITICAL ELEMENT AND MUST BE CONSIDER IN THE BEGINNING OF THE DESIGN PROCESS.”
COLOR AND HEALTH Chromotherapy, is the introduction of the use of specific colors in a space in order to cure a specific illness.
COLOR MYTHS AND BIASES Colors and myths are associated with cultural believes; for example, in many cultures, infants girls must wear pink and boys blue
COLORS POSITIVE VS NEGATIVE ASSOCIATION WHITE, positive association purity, bird cleanliness, or innocence Negative surrender, or cowardice
COLOR PALETTE The use of adequate values will add dimension, interest and positive emotions to the space designed.
M6
Cordoba
COLOR + ENVIRONMENT FILM ANALYSIS
LE FABULEUX DESTIN D'AMÉLIE POULAIN Released
April 25, 2001 (France) August 16 , 2001 (Germany) November 2, 2001 (USA)
Film Genre
Romance/ Comedy
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain is a story of a French girl who was raised by her cold father and her constant stressed mother, who suppressed her all her life because of a “heart defect”. At the beginning of the film, her mother dies, leaving Amelie with her father who let her grew up with lack of warmth and love.
Amelie dreams about the day of leaving house and at the edge of 18 she moved out and started to work in CafÊ des 2 Moulins in Montmartre. Amelie is portrayed as special, odd but innocent girl who lets her imagination flows freely. Along her life journey, she discovers pleasure through the good deed in changing the lives of people around her for the better. While she spends time helping others she is exposed to love, which she has never experienced before, leading her to do unexpected things in order to be close to Nino. Nino is a young guy of adorable face that spends his spare time collecting discarded photos around Paris photo booths. He is a fascinating guy that one day crossed Amelie’s path when he looses his photo album and Amelie find a very creative way to give it back to him. Later, Amelie and Nino get involved in a romantic relationship which let Amelie to finally find happiness.
COLOR PALETTE
YELLOW represents joy, happiness, optimism, hope and vitality.
RED represents love, excitement, passion, warmth, energy and impulsiveness.
This color is more predominant when the emotion of happiness is present
This color represents Amelie’s emotions of passion and love
GREEN represents balance and equilibrium. During the film is used to show relaxation, growth and renewal
RED
One of the first times we are exposed to red is when little AmÊlie is eating raspberries; our first encounter with passion and excitement. In Amelie’s life, there was a lack of affection; therefore, through the movie she is in constant search of love, which she reaches at the end of the movie.
The color red is constantly used through the whole film to represent the excitement and adrenaline on her actions. Amelie’s whole apartment and her clothing contain a big amount of red color to represent Amelie’s emotions related to love, passion, and adventure. * Splashes of vibrant blue and green are a refreshing break and contrasting addition to the scenes in the otherwise overwhelmingly warm palette of the movie.
YELLOW
The film is mainly portrayed through a singular filter, where the scheme used in the scenes helps us to understand the emotions felt by Amélie Poulain. The main dominant colors used by the director throughout the film are red, yellow, and green. At the beginning of the movie, the streets of Paris are filtered through a luminous yellow tone, which creates a very unnatural sunlight perception allowing cheerful and optimistic emotions to the viewer.
Yellow is perceived through the film when Jean-Pierre Jeunet wants to represent curiosity, joy, and happiness. Yellow can be noticed in scenes, like when Amelie finds the memory box, Madeleine Wallace reads her “husband’s” letter, and when Amelie is riding with Nino on the streets of Paris. In all these scenes the yellow color is representing joy, energy, and happiness.
GREEN
Green and red are two colors on opposite sides of the color wheel which make a complimentary pair. The film features an intense red-green contrast like in this scene. On this scene the saturated red and green colors highlights the emotional nature and contrast the central character. This contrast is used to generate focus and attention to support the character narrative development.
Green is projected through the movie to represent life, renewal, nature, energy, harmony, relaxation, and balance. In this scene, where Amelie finds pleasure dipping her hand into a grain sack, the green color of the grain and even the sign next to it are representing that emotion of relaxation, freshness, and enjoyment.
BLUE
Blue is noticeable in a few scenes and it was added to create a dramatic contrast. Blue is associated with cool, calm, comfortable and relaxing. In this scene the blue color is saturated since Amelie is inside a movie theater which it represent that the movie theater is a place that reflects Amelie’s emotion of relaxation and calmness. In other scenes, splashes of vibrant blue add a refreshing break to the warm palette of the movie creating a dramatic contrast on Amelie’s mood and the viewer.
CONCLUSION Amélie's movie is colored so that we can see the world through Amélie’s eyes. Her world is presented to the viewer in warm, golden sepia tones, and mainly on red and green colors. The use of these colors is beyond surreal, fantastic, and imaginative representation of Amelie's world. Even though the color is incredibly unnatural, Jean-Pierre Jeunet created a perfect mix and balance of colors that almost appear natural.
REFERENCES https://bsagmanli.wordpress.com/2014/01/19/amelie-colorexercise/ https://zenaoconnor.com.au/instagram-cinema-palettes/ https://www.cinema5d.com/film-color-schemes-cinematic-colordesign/ http://aydineda.weebly.com/amelie-color-analysis.html https://filmslikedreams.com/2015/06/16/cwe-entry-amelie/ http://www.baremagazine.org/chromatalk-amelie
M7
COLOR + BALANCE
WHAT IS BALANCE? “Balance refers to the relationship of different hues to one another when each is perceived to be equal in perceived visual weight.� Balance makes reference to the point of equilibrium achieved between two or more forces. It also means harmony, peace and connection between the viewer and the object exposed.
TYPES OF COLOR BALANCE
VALUE CONTRAST (Light/Dark)
HUE BALANCE (complements)
INTENSITY CONTRAST (Bright/Dull)
SIZE OF COLOR AREA (Large/Small)
“Contrast is opposition in order to show or emphasize differences between two objects. When working with color, adequate contrast creates more stimulating results.”
“Complementary colors are those colors that when placed next to one another intensify the other hue, making each to appear brighter.”
“The relative brightness or dullness of color is established by adding the complementary color to a particular hue or adding gray. Color intensity does not refer to lightness or darkness.”
“The largest amount of color used, the darker it appears. This effect is intensified in colors that are placed against a secondary color of opposite lightness or darkness.”
M8
Cordoba
COLOR + EMPHASIS RETAIL ANALYSIS
LOUIS VUITTON STORE Architects
Jun Aoki and Mirei Uchibe
Type
Retail
Location
Miami Design District
Louis Vuitton’s flagship at Design District is a four-story building that catches the 1950’s Tropical and Art Deco influence. The store design is developed through a central zigzagging stair, open floor plans, and clean modern details. White walls with dark orange walls portions, gold color rugs, and light oak floors create a contrasting backdrop for the designer’s collections.
COLOR + CONTRAST & HUE
In the design composition, white walls and ceilings, lightcream and light oak floors are colors with lower intensities used for general room use to create an enjoyable environment. However, in order to create a contrast of hue and make the space more striking, addition of dark orange walls and gold textured rugs are used to create interesting focal points that draw the attention of the clients to the product displayed.
COLOR + CONTRAST & VALUE
The use of burnt orange color walls, gold rugs and brown vintage furniture create a value contrast against the light-oak floor, white walls and ceiling in order to separate objects in space and add emphasis and visual importance to design characteristics. Also, the use of burnt orange and gold tones give that touch of energy, luxury and sensuality.
COLOR + DESIGN FEATURE Along of Art Deco influence, a simple but elegant floating staircase with glass panels and a wood handrail is one of the attractive design feature of Luis Vuitton store that invites the clients to explore all the store levels. Also, a horizontal 36-foot blue glass artwork by artist Teresita Fernandez hanging on a wall of the store mezzanine is a design feature that creates contrast and emphasis through the store. This central piece is used as a focal point of design that reflects the glamour of the city inviting the client to explore the mezzanine and the levels above.
COLOR + CONTRAST OF TEXTURE
This showroom uses color and texture contrast to add emphasis and a dramatic effect. The textured gold rug contrast nicely against the light-cream floor tiles, the smooth white wall, and the light oak shelves creating emphasis to the area where people can seat and wait o be attended.
COLOR + FOCAL POINT Using a 36-foot blue glass artwork by artist Teresita Fernandez, the mezzanine receives a great visual emphasis that can be perceived as soon as you walk into the store. This central piece is used as a focal point to give the client’s eye an object of interest and contemplation. However, the purpose of this piece is to invite the client to explore the levels above and reflect the glamour of Miami city.
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Analyzing Louis Vuitton store design at Miami Design District, it can be perceived a balance of value and hue contrast that creates emphasis on the design features. The architect designers use warm versus cool hues to catch and hold the viewer’s attention to specific areas of the store. They use texture and focal points to create a dominant effect of attention to the designer’s collections.
https://pursuitist.com/louis-vuitton-opens-new-flagshipat-miami-design-district/ https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/louis-vuittonmiami-store https://miami.racked.com/2015/4/10/8381921/louisvuitton-miami-design-district#2 https://www.miamidesigndistrict.net/listing/276/louisvuitton/
M9
Cordoba
COLOR + VARIETY HOSPITALITY
EAST HOTEL BRIKELL CITY CENTER Architects
Miami-based architects, Arquitectonica
Type
Mixed-Use
Location
Brickell City Center, Miami, Fl
EAST hotel in Miami is a 40-story hotel located on rooftop of Brickell City Centre. The hotel is strategically connected to popular touristic districts such as Wynwood, the Design District, and South Beach and is considered a unique component of Miami’s downtown skyline. The design intent is to provide a warming, welcoming experience to everyone involving the local spirit of Miami. The composition of the design, material, and color choice is base on Feng Shui, bio geometry, radiesthesia, and crystal healing methods in order to balance and harmonize the flow of energy through the hotel.
EAST | LOBBY
The lobby design uses dark and earth tone colors that give you the impression of a private place. Also, the earth tones and brown values used on the floor , walls, and ceiling project a tranquil home-like place, yet elegant and luxurious.
COLOR + LINE
Colored lights project vertical lines that are used through the lobby to accentuate and highlight the height or indicate the function of the space. The lobby is divided in three sections: the reception area to the right, the coffee shop to the left that it turns into a bar at night, and the entrance at center with a large stone wall in front of it that joins these three areas. The wall contains three rectangular voids used as accesses, where two of them are highlighted by vertical colored lights, either blue or orange; projecting two secondary entrances that indicate the access to the elevators. Other vertical lines can be perceived on the coffee shop area that are also projected by the use of lights in order to get the attention of the visitor. These vertical illuminations accentuate the height of the space and also highlight the bar fixtures, attracting the visitors to this place to indicate that there is a special space to get a "cafecito" during the day and a drink at night.
COLOR + SHAPE The lobby is divided into three areas: the reception, the waiting area, and the coffee bar. Though the use of shapes, objects, color, and texture we can easily identify the division of these spaces. When accessing the lobby, we can immediately identify the reception to the right by perceiving an elongated luminous white rectangle that is used as a dramatic focal point to the viewer. Prior to the reception, we can find the waiting area divided by a rectangular dark-brown leather furniture and some cylindrical pieces that create the feeling of living-room. On the other hand, the coffee shop can be identified to the left by the vertical brown shaded metal tubes. The metal tubes are attached to the ceiling and float above the floor, giving the impression of a water fall or a curtain that divides that special place from the rest of the lobby.
COLOR + FORM
There were two design objects that caught my attention, one being the hanging tubes and the other being the white rectangular front desk. The vertical brown value tubes hanging from the ceiling, floating over a black rectangular shape gives the impression of light weight objects. From my perception the design of the object gives the sense of a waterfall. However, the brown value of the tubes gives a sense of flat object simulating a curtain that divides the spaces, creating a little of privacy. The white rectangular front desk with a light breaking through the transparent panels of the desk gives the sense of a floating object, making the object a focal point to the visitors.
COLOR & PATTERN + TEXTURE
The lobby and the access to the elevators are designed with vertical and horizontal repetitive patterns, colors, and texture applications with a monochromatic earth tone, which creates a harmonic sense of a tranquil space. Most of the walls are textured with limestone and wood, creating that sense of being inside of a cave or in the woods. These kind of color and texture use make you feel closer to nature.
Colors, patterns, and textures can be perceived from the entrance of the lobby all the way to the elevator access. Rustic texture on the walls, floor, and ceiling with a combination of earth tones that relates to the comforts of home are usually considered to be friendly, contemporary, and welcoming. Earth tones are also commonly incorporated on areas that are frequented a lot in order to provide an inviting mood and a sensation of peace.
QUINTO LA HUELLA East restaurant
QUINTO LA HUELLA design intends to create a tranquil place for dining that produces a home-like sensation. In order to create an association with the comfort of a home, the design involves the use of wood and brown values.
COLOR + LINE
In the interior of Quinto La Huella, we can find exposed beams playing the roll of linear objects dividing the space by sections, but at the same time a texturized wall with horizontal lines connect all the spaces together. The horizontal lines on the wall make the space to look wider and create a movement from side to side. Additionally, the cool colors used on the “strips� of the wall create a sensation of a restful, relaxing, and calm space.
COLOR + SHAPE On the outdoor dining area of Quinto La Huella, we can find a massive concrete wall with circular voids of different sizes that separate the dining area from the pool deck. The variation of circular voids on the concrete wall add rhythm and movement to the design giving it a sense of calm. The variety of size on the circular shapes create focal points to the viewer, specially the large circle on the middle of the wall indicating that there is something else behind this massive concrete wall.
COLOR + FORM
On the interior of the restaurant, the wall facing the sushi counter holds embedded vertical shelves on it that, through the use of white color and lighting, highlights the objects displayed on the shelves. The contrast of the color and light source between the wall and the shelves create focal points that attract the viewer to observe the objects displayed on the wall shelving system. *The light source and the white color surrounding the shelves create an emphasis on the depth, space, and form on the wall shelving.
COLOR & PATTERN + TEXTURE
The Quinto La Huella is designed with horizontal repetitive patterns that create a sense of a wider space. The earth colors, the wood, leather, fabric, and smooth stone textures create a harmonic sense of comfort and equilibrium. This use of material also gives the visitor home-like sensation.
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
East Hotel design combines color, texture, and different kinds of materials like oak, stone, and tile to create a unique built environment that makes the visitors feel comfortable, calm, and relaxed in a place that they can call “home away from home� during their entire stay.
https://arquitectonicageo.com/project/east-miami/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/east-miamireview-brickell-city-center-swire-12-25-2017/ http://s3.amazonaws.com/b360/east/index2.html https://www.east-miami.com/en/the-design
M10
Cordoba
COLOR + VARIETY WORKPLACE
ONE WORKPLACE
Architects
Design Blitz
Type
Commercial office furniture
Location
Northern California
One Workplace is the largest office furniture dealer in North Carolina, representing over 300 furniture manufactures with Steelcase being its biggest partnership. One Workplace is designed as a world-class workplace with a double purpose of serving employees and customers at the same time. The building itself is a reimagined workplace developed over an existing warehouse and office project.
COLOR + LINE
In One Workplace’s interior, we can find a curvilinear structural piece that separates meeting rooms from the office areas. The structural piece is composed by a combination of black color, curved, and straight lines that create contrast and emphasis to the overall space composition. Additionally, this S-shaped organic piece stablishes an informal and inviting meeting space for clients and employees.
COLOR + SHAPE
Colors and shapes are used to influence the language of a space and offer a stimulating environment to the user. Using shapes and color add variety to the space and indicates rhythm or movement in a design. Thus, in One Workplace coffee shop, the circular and organic shape lamps influence the division and movement of the space. The circular silver lamps offer calmness and indicate that this area is a place to stop, stay, and rest. On the other hand, the black organic shape lamps hanging over the corridor indicate movement and circulation.
COLOR & PATTERN + TEXTURE Color patterns and texture applications are the easiest technique to add variety and visual stimuli into a design. In One Workplace, these applications can be seen in many spaces of the building design. For example, we can find a perforated aluminum wall, with an organic circular patterns, covering an exterior corridor that connects two work areas. The light passing through the perforated aluminum wall reflects the organic patterns on the floor and wall, adding shadow and a dynamic visual interest to the corridor. On the other hand, different kinds of textures can be found in lounging spaces. The lounging space displayed on the picture contains a variety of texture, from a brick like wall, wood flooring, and the addition of a carpet that combines rough and soft textures to create a peaceful and relaxing environment.
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
Variety is an essential principle of design that creates and adds interest, stimuli, and excitement to a space. Thus, in a design it is necessary to combine color elements, lines, shapes, patterns, and textures in order to create visual contrast and diversity.
https://www.oneworkplace.com/blog/blurring-thelines-between-space-and-fashion https://www.archdaily.com/407806/one-workplacedesign-blitz
The One Workplace furniture dealer uses a black curved element to create a stimuli of attention, geometrical and organic shapes to differentiate spaces, circular organic patterns of light to add visual interest, and variety of textures to add contrast. One Workplace company uses organized diversity of elements that creates the sense of unity, allowing the interior design to be stimulating for the clients and the employees.
CONCLUSION + EXPERIENCE
In our design profession, we tend to learn from our own errors during practice. Everyday we improve a little more and learn something new. There is not one day that we stop learning.
I learned that color is a little science and a little art that it is necessary to learn how to manipulate it and applied in the real world in order to create a harmonious visual experience.
During this semester I could learn about how to effectively use color based on some important design principles such as balance, emphasis, variety, unity and harmony.
I am glad I took this class, because I did not only learned about color theory but how to create a successful visual booklet.
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