Theory of Architecture 1

TerminologiesImportant things to understand before you go any further than (like)

going to Architectural Design 1 niggah, south side (y)

ArtThe conscience use of skill, craft, and creative imagination in the production of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.

Art is a diverse range of human activities in creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts (artworks), expressing the author's imaginative or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power

In their most general form these activities include the production of works of art, the criticism of art, the study of the history of art, and the

aesthetic dissemination of art.

CREATIVE

Top 7 CREATIVE PEOPLE (for me) at the moment (2016)

1. The Strokes

2. Alvar Aalto

3. David Choe

4. Bob Ong

5. Ludwig Wittgenstein

7. Massimo Vignelli

AestheticsThe branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty, and taste, with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical judgments concerning work of art. A.k.a. esthetics

Art + Culture = Aesthetics

BeautyThe aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives intense pleasure to the senses or deep satisfaction to the mind or spirit, whether arising rom harmony of form or color, excellence of craft, truthfulness, originality, or other, often unspecifiable property.

BIAS

TasteCritical judgment, discernment or appreciation of what’s fitting, harmonious, or beautiful prevailing in a culture or personal to an individual.

DelightA high degree of pleasure or enjoyment.

CommoditySomething of value, use, or convenience.

FirmnessThe state or quality of being solidly constructed.

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Architecture

Commodity + Firmness + Delight

Utilitas Firmitas Venustas

Commodity + Firmness + Delight

ScienceA branch of knowledge dealing with a body of facts or truths obtained by direct observation, experimental investigation, and methodical study, systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws.

EngineeringThe art and science of applying scientific principles to practical ends in the design and construction of structures, equipment, and systems.

TechnologyApplied science; the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical methods and materials, and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment.

TechnicsThe science of an art or of the arts in general.

Tectonics (Constructive Art)The science or art of shaping, ornamenting, or assembling materials in construction.

ArchitectonicsThe unifying structure or concept of an artistic work.

ArchitectureThe transformation of precedence.

DesignThe creation and organization of formal elements in a work of art.

FormThe shape and structure of something as distinguished from its substance or material.

Shape• The outline or surface configuration of a particular form or figure.

While form usually refers to the principle that gives unity to a while, and often includes a sense

of mass or volume, shape suggests an outline with some emphasis on the enclosed area or

mass.

TextureThe visual and esp. tactile quality of a surface, apart from its color or form.

Visual TextureThe apparent texture of a surface resulting from the combination and the interrelation of colors and tonal values.

Tactile TextureThe physical, dimensional structure of a surface, apart from its color or form.

OrganicOf or pertaining to shapes and forms having irregular contours which appear to resemble those of living plants or animals.

NonobjectiveOf or pertaining to shapes and forms not representing natural or actual objects. Also, nonrepresentational.

GeometricOf or pertaining to shapes and forms which resemble or employ the simple rectilinear or curvilinear elements of geometry.

AbstractOf or pertaining to shapes and forms having an intellectual and affective content dependent solely on their intrinsic lines, colors, and relationship to one another.

MassingA unified composition of two-dimensional shapes or thre-dimensional volumes, esp. one that has or gives the impression of weight, density, and bulk.

SymbolSomething that stands for or represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, deriving its meaning chiefly from the structure in which it appears.

SignA mark or figure having a conventional meaning and used in place of a word or phrase to express a complex notion.

ArticulationA method or manner of jointing that makes the unified parts clear, distinct, and precise in relation to each other.

ContentThe significance or meaning of an artistic work as distinguished from its form.

DetailAn individual, minute, or subordinate part of a whole.

PatternAn artistic or decorative design esp. one having a characteristic arrangement and considered as a unit of which an idea can be given by a fragment.

OrganizationThe systematic arranging of interdependent or coordinated parts into a coherent unity or functioning whole.

Composition• The arranging of parts or elements into proper proportion or relation

so as to form or unified whole.

StructureThe organization of elements or parts in a complex system as dominated by the general character of the whole.

PartiThe basic scheme or concept for an architectural design, represented by a diagram.

DiagramThe basic scheme or concept for an architectural design, represented by a diagram.

Design PrincipleA fundamental and comprehensive concept of visual perception for structuring an aesthetic composition.

OrderA condition of logical, harmonious, or comprehensive arrangement in which each element of a group is properly disposed with reference to other elements and to its purpose.

UnityThe state of quality of being combined into one, as the ordering of elements in an artistic work that constitutes a harmonious while or promotes a singleness of effect.

UniformityThe state or quality of being identical, homogeneous, or regular.

HomogeneousUniform in structure throughout or composed of parts that are all of the same nature or kind.

RegularUniformly or evenly formed or arranged.

MonotonyThe state or quality of lacking variety.

VarietyThe state or quality of having varied or diverse forms, types, or characteristics.

ComplexityThe state or quality of being a while composed of complicated, intricate, or interconnected parts.

CollageAn artistic composition of often diverse elements in unlikely or unexpected juxtaposition.

EmphasisStress or prominence given to an element of a composition by means of contrast, anomaly, or counterpoint.

ContrastOpposition or juxtaposition of dissimilar elements in a work of art to intensify each element’s properties and produce a more dynamic expressiveness.

HarmonyThe orderly, pleasing, or congruent arrangement of the elements or parts in an artistic whole.

ReposeHarmony in the arrangement of parts or colors that is restful to the eye.

CoherentLogically or aesthetically ordered or integrated to afford comprehension or recognition.

HierarchyA system of elements ranked, classified, and organized one above another, according to importance or significance.

JuxtapositionThe state or position of being placed close together or side by side. As to permit comparison or contrast.

ContradictionThe state or condition of being opposed inconsistent, or logically incongruous.

CounterpointA parallel but contrasting element or theme in a narrative or concept.

ChaosA state of utter disorder or confusion.

EquilibriumA state of rest or balance between contrasting elements or opposing forces.

BalanceThe pleasing or harmonious arrangement or proportion of parts or elements in a design or composition.

SymmetryThe exact correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane, or about a center or axis.

Local symmetry

Bilateral symmetry

Radial symmetry

AxisA straight line to which elements in a composition are referred for measurement or symmetry.

RhythmMovement characterized by a patterned repetition or alternation of formal elements or motifs in the same or a modified form.

RepetitionThe act or process of repeating formal elements or motifs in a design.

ProportionThe comparative, proper, or harmonious relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degress.

RatioRelatoin in magnitude, quantity, or degree between two or more similar things.

ScaleA certain proportionate size, extent, or degree, usually judged in relation to some standardor point of reference.

ModuleA unit of measurement used for standardizing the dimensions of building materials or regulating the proportions of an architectural composition.