FUE - Future University in Egypt Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Department of Architectural Engineering
ARC 421 History & Theories of Architecture 5 Spring 2019 Instructor: Dr. Yasser Mahgoub Music and Architecture
Music and Architecture • The philosopher Goethe says that architecture is frozen music.
• يقول الفنان التشكيلي صالح طاهر: • "إنَّ العمارة موسيقى في المكان والموسيقى عمارة في الزمن"
Music and Architecture • Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti said that the “same characteristics that please the eye also please the ear. “
Music and Architecture • Musical terms such as rhythm, texture, harmony, proportion, dynamics, and articulation refer both to architecture and to music.
Music and Architecture • Rhythm in music is patterns of sounds in relation to a beat; repetition of elements - openings, shapes, structural bays- establish regular or irregular rhythm in architecture.
Music and Architecture • Musical texture refers to layers of sounds and rhythms produced by different instruments. Architectural texture appears in different materials.
Music and Architecture • Harmony is balance of sound or composition and balance of parts together.
Music and Architecture • Proportion is relationship between parts; in music it is distance between notes or intervals.
Music and Architecture • Dynamics is the quality of action in music or in a building’s facade or mass.
Music and Architecture Music
Architecture
Rhythm
patterns of sounds in relation to a beat
repetition of elements openings, shapes, structural bays- establish regular or irregular rhythm
Texture
layers of sounds and rhythms produced by different instruments
appears in different materials
Harmony
balance of sound or composition
balance of parts together
Proportion
distance between notes or intervals
relationship between parts
Dynamics
quality of action
facade or mass
Examples
Thank You.