DESIGN PRINCIPLES

DATUMA DATUM REFERS TO A LINE, PLANE OR VOLUME OF

REFERENCE TO WHICH OTHER ELEMENTS IN A COMPOSITION CAN RELATE.

IT ORGANIZES A RANDOM PATTERN OF ELEMENTS THROUGH IT’S REGULARITY, CONTINUITY AND CONSTANT PRESENCE

, A DATUM CAN ORGANIZE THE ELEMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

LINE

PLANE

VOLUME

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CENTRE LECARBUSIOR

RHYTHM AND REPETITION

RHYTHM IS A CONCEPT OF SYSTEMATIC REPETITION.

AS HUMAN BEINGS WE ARE NATURALLY ENGAGED IN EXPERIENCING THINGS THAT ARE DONE IN A RHYTHM

SUCH AS MUSIC, DANCE; WHERE TIME AND MOVEMENTS ARE COORDINATED. IN ARCHITECTURE

RHYTHM IS PRESENT IN COLUMNS, WINDOWS, WALLS AND OTHERS ELEMENTS OF A BUILDING DESIGNED IN SUCH WAY THAT IT TRANSMIT A REPETITION OF THE

SAME ELEMENT.

THE PATTERN OF REGULAR OR IRREGULAR PULSES CAUSED IN MUSIC BY THE OCCURRENCE OF

STRONG AND WEAK MELODIC AND HARMONIC BEATS.

TYPES OF RHYTHEM

• RHYTHM--IS A COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS REPEATED, BUT WITH VARIATIONS.

• REPETITION IS REPEATED USE OF A SHAPE, COLOR, OR OTHER ART ELEMENT OR DESIGN

IN A WORK CAN HELP UNIFY DIFFERENT PARTS INTO A WHOLE. 

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUMGUGGENHEIM MUSEUMFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUMGUGGENHEIM MUSEUMFRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

SECTION PLAN

TURNING TORSOSANTIAGO CALATRAVA

TURNING TORSOSANTIAGO CALATRAVA

REPETITION OF ARCHITECTURE ELEMENTS

TRANSFORMATIONVARIATIONS WHICH ARE GENERATED BY THE MANIPULATION OF ONE OR MORE DIMENSIONS OR BY THE ADDITION OR SUBTRACTION OF ELEMENTS. DIMENSIONAL TRANSFORMATION A FORM CAN BE TRANSFORMED BY ALTERING ONE OR MORE OF ITS DIMENSIONS AND STILL RETAIN AS A MEMBER OF A FAMILY OF A FORM

TRANSFORMATION OF CUBE

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MOUNT ANGEL LIBRARYALVAR AALTO

WARD WILLETS HOUSE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

WARD WILLETS HOUSE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

HIERARCHY

THE ARTICULATION OF THE IMPORTANCE OR SIGNIFICANCE OF A FORM OR SPACE BY ITS SIZE, SHAPE,

OR PLACEMENT RELATIVE TO THE OTHER FORMS AND SPACES OF THE

ORGANIZATION.

BY SIZEDOMINATE ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION BY SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT IN SIZE

BY SHAPEDOMINATE ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION BY BEING SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT IN SIZE CAN BE MADE VISUALLY DOMINATE BY CLEARLY DIFFERENTIATING THEIR SHAPE FROM OTHERBY PLACEMENT STRATEGICALLY PLACED TO CALL ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES AS BEING THE IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN COMPOSITION .

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY BUILDING CHANDIGARH

LE CORBUSIER

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY BUILDING CHANDIGARH

LE CORBUSIER