6.unity & harmony

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Unity and Harmony


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Unity is the hallmark of a good design. Its the fnalresult in a composition when all the designelements work harmoniously togethergiving the

viewer a satisfying sense of belonging andrelationship.

What is Unit ?


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Unity creates an integrated image in which all theelements are working together to support the design

as a whole. A unied design is seen as a whole frst!before the individual elements are noticed . Unity canbe compared to harmony! integrity or wholeness.

What is Unity?


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Unity " #ne or wholeness

In many respects! Unity is the single mostimportant design principle.

A design with strong Unity $possessing denitecharacter% is more satisfactory than one that is

profuse in detail.

&uman perception involves the process ofobserving the important elements in the eld ofvision! followed by attention to detail! reverting to a

nal reassessment of the ma'or elements $leadingthe eye from the whole to the parts%.

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Alberti and many others have considered the acmeof design to be the achievement of unity! to which

nothing can be added and rom which nothingcan be subtracted without disadvantage.

)*he arrangement of parts by which unrelatedob'ects are so placed that the mind loses sight othem as individual parts and notes only thecombination as a whole. *his +uality of unity isfundamental for design e,cellence.

*he e,pression of oneness resulting from integrityo orm (without), purpose (within) andcharacter (maniestation o purpose).

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When unity is achieved

*he individual elements with in a composition willnot be competing for attention.

*he key theme will be communicated more clearly.

*he design will evoke a sense of completeness andorgani-ation.

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Gestaltis a psychology term which means "unifedwhole". It refers to theories of visual

perception developed by erman psychologists inthe /012s.

Unity is based on the gestalt theory of visualperception! which states that the eye o the viewerseeks a gestalt or unifed whole.*his means thatthe viewer is actually looking for a connectionbetween the elements! for some sort of organi-ation!for unity in the design.

he estalt *heory


9/21he estalt 3rinciples

Proximity is the rstestalt principlediscussed because itrelates directly to line.

*he estalt 4aw of3ro,imity states thatelements that are

closer together will beseen as a coherentobject. As ob'ectsbecome closer theyare seen as more

unied.

3ro,imity e,plains whybroken or dashed linesand separate shapes

can be interpreted as



ontinuity

3eople tend to interpret line and contours wheneverthe visual elements o an image establish a direction.

*his e,plains 5movement6 in an image! since the eyecontinues in the direction that has been established.

*he viewer ollows a larger uninterrupted ormcomposed o smaller separate orms.



!imilarity

7lements within an assortmento ob"ects are perceptuallygrouped together i they are

similar to each other. *hissimilarity can occur in the formof shape! colour! shading orother +ualities. 8or e,ample! thegure illustrating the law of

similarity portrays 9: circles alle+ual distance apart from oneanother forming a s+uare. Inthis depiction! /; of the circlesare shaded dark and /; of thecircles are shaded light. Weperceive the dark circles asgrouped together! and the lightcircles as grouped togetherforming si, hori-ontal lineswithin the s+uare of circles. *his

perception of lines is due to thelaw of similarit .


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*o achieve Unity! the basic Design theme must beconstant and consistent.

7ach component element in the additive


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Unity may result from the establishment of a denite dominant and

subordinate relationship between elements. Inter relationship of analogous components. Repetition a similar proportional unit. Use of an overriding structural e,pression

$necessary to convey stability%.

Habitat 67 by

Moshe Safdie


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Unity may also result from

Use of a single dominant material/texture/pattern/color

*hrough simplicity> the use o a ew componentelements

y organi-ed or balanced complexity o a numbero small component elements.

WTC Path Station

by

Santiago Calatrava


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Unity may be established by camouagingundesirable elements.

y reducing apparent bul! with the use of

subdivision. y focusing the viewers vision on pleasing

features.

o!vre Pyra"id

by #M Pei


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*he sense of Unity may be destroyed when

*he underlying design theme is lost.

When component elements degenerate into

disparate entities. When dissonant elements cause viewers interest

to @ag.

#r the overuse of elements.


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Unity results rom balanced composition>balance possesses stability! an importantcharacteristic in achieving Unity.

Achievement of Unity pro'ects #a prooundsense o harmony$.

Unity or %armony is the condition of agreementof all visual elements within a composition.


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Harmony the ftting together o parts to orm aconnected whole " the principle of well 'oiningBoriginally a carpenters word meaning )to 'oin.

(onsistence! agreement! congruity! the imprint of#neness on Cultiplicity.

In architecture! color! te,ture! shape! form! are allrelevant to harmony.

What is &armony?


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&armony in visual design means all parts o thevisual image relate to and complement each other.

What is &armony?


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#reatively combining beauty$ technology$ and utilityis design. When these three critical elements arebrought together successfully! something more thanthe sum of the parts is producedB great lms aremade! buildings of signicance are constructed!stunning graphics transcend their medium.

*hus the achievement o %nity in a compositionresults in harmonious visual e&ects.

And Unity is considered )*he epitome of architectural

+ualities.

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