U5 The experience of architecture: basic concepts

PLACE:

RELATION OF CONTRAST

The relation with the place is of juxtaposition or abstraction. Architecture dominates the landscape or is alien to it.

RELATION OF CAMOUFLAGE

The relation with the place is of extreme integration of mimesis.

ORGANIC RELATION

Organicism is a nod to the place and integration is done by reinterpreting its elements.

CONTEXTUAL RELATION

Contextualism has to do with the meaning expressed by the building, the relationship with the place is justifiable.

SPACE:

CLASSIC SPACE
UNIFORM SPACE (without center)

CONTEMPORARY SPACE (unique and continuous)

FUNCTION:

MECHANICAL FUNCTIONALISM
ORGANIC FUNCTIONALISM
MORALISTIC FUNCTIONALISM

FORM:

RHYTHM (repetition)

AXXIALITY (axis)
SYMMETRY
HIERARCHY (supremacy)
MODULE (the element that serves as a proportional unit)
GRID
MOVEMENT
UNIT
CENTRALITY
BALANCING
LIMIT (edge of the elements)

LIGHT
CONTRAST
COLOR
TEXTURE
PROPORTION
SCALE

MATERIALITY AND STRUCTURE:

form <> technology <> materials <> form