Spatial Form: Proportion & Rhythm

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Spatial Form Moodboard Floor plan Prototype testing (simulation) Active sensing mapping Exploded View (layering)

Architectural Form in Space

Spatial Characteristics: The Living Room example

https://web.mit.edu/kkoile/www/papers/Koile-AIEDAM06.pdf

Spatial Characteristics: Zaha Hadid & Library and Learning Center What does this space do?

Does it: collide? explode? shatter? fragment? abstract? distort? and deform? fold? twist? erode? melt?

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ZahaHadid Form Making Strategies For Design

Spatial Characteristics: Le Corbusier & The Golden Ratio

The golden ration formula is seen in the golden rectangle, the golden spiral that follows the Fibonacci number series, geometrical abstraction, and the rule of thirds.

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Geometry of Design

Le Corbusier architecture: human measurements + golden ratio + Fibonacci numbers De Menselijke Maat Most Memorable Golden Ratio Examples in Modern Art

Spatial Characteristics: some principles for Architectural Form:

• Unity

• Balance

• Scale

• Symmetry

• Decoration and Embellishment

• Idea of Motionless and Stable Ground

• Rhythm

1. Form Notion: what kind of form does the space have?

   • volumes (generous - intimate)

   • distances (wide - narrow)

   • paths (fluid - constrained)

   • pace (slow - fast)

   • layout (complex - simple)

   You can use daily metaphors (closed):

   house, hut, nest, shell, cellar, shelter, temple, church, train, football field, dessert, forrest, laboratory, forest, laboratory, football field. Use daily metaphors (open-ended): infinity room, race track, beach, mountain, desert,

2. Pattern of Form: what proportion and balance does the space have? - stubborn - kind - bold - soft - calculated - spiritual - framed - suprematist - topographic - fluid - organic form - parametric

3. Rhythm of the Air: imagine the wind blowing through space, what happens? it floats like a river is it climbing on a mountain it is walking through a forrest it is diving into the ocean

Exploded View (layering)