INTRODUCTION Circulation System Context The stair and ramp penetrate and link the three levels,and heighten .A simple exterior form wraps around a complex interior organization the viewer's perception of forms in space and light. of forms and spaces. The curved form of the entrance foyer reflects the movement of .Elevating the main floor provides a better view and avoids the humidity the automobile. of the ground. A garden terrace distributes sunlight to the spaces gathered around it. "Its severe.almost square exterior surrounds an intricate interior configura- tion glimpsed through openings and from protrusions above....Its inside order accommodates the multiple functions of a house.domestic scale,and partial mystery inherent in a sense of privacy.lts outside order expresses the unity of the idea of house at an easy scale appropriate to the green field itdominated and possibly to the city it will one day be part of." Robert Venturi,Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture,1966 INTRODUCTION XIII
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XIV ARCHITECTURE:FORM,SPACE,ORDER
XIV / ARCHITECTURE: FORM, SPACE, & ORDER
1 Primary Elements "All pictorial form begins with the point that sets itself in motion... The point moves...and the line comes into being-the first dimension. If the line shifts to form a plane,we obtain a two-dimensional element. In the movement from plane to spaces,the clash of planes gives rise to body (three-dimensional)...A summary of the kinetic energies which move the point into a line.the line into a plane. and the plane into a spatial dimension." Paul Klee The Thinking Eye:The Notebooks of Paul Klee (English translation) 1961
1 Primary Elements “All pictorial form begins with the point that sets itself in motion… The point moves . . . and the line comes into being—the first dimension. If the line shifts to form a plane, we obtain a two-dimensional element. In the movement from plane to spaces, the clash of planes gives rise to body (three-dimensional) . . . A summary of the kinetic energies which move the point into a line, the line into a plane, and the plane into a spatial dimension.” Paul Klee The Thinking Eye: The Notebooks of Paul Klee (English translation) 1961
PRIMARY ELEMENTS This opening chapter presents the primary elements of form in the order of their growth from the point to a one-dimensional line.from the line to a two- dimensional plane,and from the plane to a three-dimensional volume.Each element is first considered as a conceptual element,then as a visual element in the vocabulary of architectural design. As conceptual elements,the point.line.plane,and volume are not visible except to the mind's eye.While they do not actually exist,we nevertheless feel their presence.We can sense a point at the meeting of twolines,a line marking the contour of a plane,a plane enclosing a volume,and the volume of an object that occupies space. When made visible to the eye on paperor in three-dimensional space.these elements become form with characteristics of substance.shape,size,color. and texture.As we experience these forms in our environment,we should be able to perceive in their structure the existence of the primary elements of point,line,plane,and volume. 个个↑↑个 2 ARCHITECTURE:FORM,SPACE,ORDER
2 / ARCHITECTURE: FORM, SPACE, & ORDER This opening chapter presents the primary elements of form in the order of their growth from the point to a one-dimensional line, from the line to a twodimensional plane, and from the plane to a three-dimensional volume. Each element is first considered as a conceptual element, then as a visual element in the vocabulary of architectural design. As conceptual elements, the point, line, plane, and volume are not visible except to the mind’s eye. While they do not actually exist, we nevertheless feel their presence. We can sense a point at the meeting of two lines, a line marking the contour of a plane, a plane enclosing a volume, and the volume of an object that occupies space. When made visible to the eye on paper or in three-dimensional space, these elements become form with characteristics of substance, shape, size, color, and texture. As we experience these forms in our environment, we should be able to perceive in their structure the existence of the primary elements of point, line, plane, and volume. PRIMARY ELEMENTS
PRIMARY ELEMENTS As the prime generator of form,the Point indicates a position in space. Point A point extended becomes a Line with properties of: Line ·length ·direction ·p0 sition A line extended becomes a Plane with propertiesof: Plane ·length and width ·shape ·surface ·orientation ·position A plane extended becomes a Volume with properties of: 3D Volume .length,width,and depth ·form and space ·surface ·orientation ·position PRIMARY ELEMENTS /3
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