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constants and variables

CONSTANTS are a series of clues, cues, signals, datum, reference points, underlying structure, or framework.

VARIABLES are the potential options, choices, or thematic elaborations within a given framework.

primary generators: the constant constants

right angled triangle: constants and variables

other triangle variables

1 equilateral, 2 acute, 3 obtuse, 4 scalene, 5 isosceles, 6 right triangle

compound curves

height variables - 2d to 3d

constant-variable games

treatment constant - disparate sizes and shapes

size and shape as constant - treatment variable

displacement (treatment variable) & direction (orientation variable)

setting up a constant

constant relative to edge condition

treatment constant: thing within a thing

treatment variable: thing within a thing

simple variation by orientation

A-B-A-B-A sequence

A-B-A-C-A sequence

french house

eisenman diagrams

house I

house II

house III

house IV

house IV

house VI

house XI

solids and positive voids

motor court and entry

height variables

transition spaces and path (corridor connectors)

transition spaces and path (corridor connectors)

sink in the living room

artist studio: a sink in the living room

David Niland - orientation variables

David Niland - 3d constant and variable analysis

David Niland - 2D constant and variable analysis

mary’s house

layered planes and volumes

servant volumes: light monitors

framed view: outside - inside - outside

marcel duchamp: art with toilets

kitchen - dining - transition - place

reveal slit hearth

dynamic symmetry

projections

free plan

servant solids

planes and volumes

four corner: center and periphery

external (enclosure) - planes longitudinal

external (enclosure) - transverse

internal elements - planes longitudinal

internal elements - transverse

place/path/transition

place/path/transition

place-space volumes

(place-space volumes) - planes longitudinal

(place-space volumes) - planes transverse

some examples

transition volumes as planes 19

15’

path v. transition 1315’

Place vs Path N

11

Place vs Transition N

12

Path vs Transition N

13