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Adding simple solids together to make a more complex whole. Objects can be seen as being attached to other objects. |
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| A drawing type which represents the 3D appearance of objects in such a way that vertical lince remain vertical, parallel lines remain parallel, and all lines are drawn to scale. |
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1. Dominated or controlled by a central point or space.
2. Radiating from a central point or space. |
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| A nuetral object or system (line, plane, or volume) which acts as a means of organization of forms and spaces due to its regularity and continuity. |
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Figural Void
(figural space in Gargus book)
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| An object (or building, or complex of buildings) whose most imagable form arises from the configuration of a negative void, such as a courtyard, an urban square, etc. |
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A proportion based on irrational numbers, probably known to the Greeks and thought to be of devine significance by Renaissance theorists, defined as a line cut so that the ratio of the smaller section to the larger is the same as the larger to the whole.
The Golden Section governs the relationship of parts in the Golden Rectangle, the pentagram, and patterns of natural growth, such as the spiral of shells, the dispostion of pine cone fronds, the brachiation of certain trees, etc. |
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| A Map created by Giambattista Nolli in 1748 depicting Rome. The map's shaded areas are the private areas of Rome, and the voided (white) areas are public. |
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Paradise Garden
(Persian Rug)
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- 2 axes that are crossing, usually surrounded y a border wall
- Subdivides into 4 quadrants
- A paradigm (an ideal model)
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| A drawing type representing 3D objects on a 2D surface in such a way that the view-point and perceptions of the spectator are replicated, including the apparent convergence of parallel lines and the diminution of background objects. |
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| An orthographic projection drawing, to scale, of a horizontal cut through a building, usually taken about 3' above the floor. |
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| Rebirth, specifically the European 15th century and early 16th century, during which the use of the Classical orders were re-examined and re-instated. |
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| An orthographic projection drawing of a vertical slice through a building, drawn to scale. |
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| Not symmetrical; one half of the image is not a mirror image of the other along a central dividing line or axis. |
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Any of the smaller stones made of dolerite found in the inner part of Stonehenge |
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| The principal east-west road in a Classical Roman settlement. |
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| A graphic device which uses contrasting tones of black and white to make evident the relationship between occupied and empty space. |
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| A system of things, spaces, or areas ranked one above the other in a series (of size, importance, use, etc.) |
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| A large building in an urban complex designed about a courtyard. |
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| From the french verb "partir" meaning "to leave" or a point of departure, used in architecture to designate the basic organization of a design. |
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| Based on the theories of the Greek philosopher Plato, active 427-437 B.C., Platonic or primary shapes are rotated or extended to generate primary volumes, which are the sphere, cylinder, cone, pyramid, and cube. |
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| A flat habitable roof terrace; One of Le Corbusier's five points of architecture states that due to the use of a column and slab constuction system, exterior space is not lost, but can be reclaimed on the roof. |
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A single large block of sarsen stone standing within the Avenue outside the entrance of the Stonehenge earthwork, close to the main road.
Placed just to the right of sunrise on summer solstice. |
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| A method of drawing which presents views of buildings as if they were flattened out and projected on to a parallel surface. Such drawings eliminate distortion and can be drawn to scale. |
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1. The line or segment about which a rotated body or form is turned.
2. A line which bisects a body or fom along which symmetry or asymmetry is determined.
3. A structure or datum along which objects are arranged.
4. A line connecting two points. |
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| The main north-south street in the lay-out of a classical Roman settlement. |
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| An orthographic projection drawing of one side of a building, drawn to scale with no perspectival distortion. |
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| An ancient Roman gathering place which served as a center of assembly for judicial and other public businesses. |
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Parti #5
Suggesting an analogy; a project that looks like other objects. |
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| A public space lined by multiple buildings, a figural void. |
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| The pythagorean progession. |
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| Shape which is understood to have been created by a process of subtraction from a whole, i.e. by the removal of pieces or the carving out of a void from a solid. |
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The much large bluestones of Stone Henge.
A prehistoric structure consisting of two large vertical stones supporting a horizontal stone laid on top of them |
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| A graphic synthesis of how to organize space by means of formal analysis. Small sketchy drawings that simplify, reduce and reorganize a building or landscape. Reduction of the elements to create new meanings or the whole. |
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| A walled exterior space next to or within a palace, castle, or large house. |
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| An object (building, or complex of buildings) whose most imagable form arises from the configuration of its positive mass. |
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| A rectangle whose proportions embody the relationships of the golden section. A Golden Rectangle can be infinitely decomposed into a square and another samller golden rectangle. |
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An anthropometric scale of proportions devised by the Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier (1887–1965).
It was developed as a visual bridge between two incompatible scales, the imperial and the metric system. It is based on the height of a man with his arm raised. |
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| An ideal, a perfect example or model which defines a category of emements. |
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Persian Rug
(Paradise Garden)
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- 2 axes that are crossing, usually surrounded y a border wall
- Subdivides into 4 quadrants
- A paradigm (an ideal model)
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Vertical columnar supports, from the French term for structural pillars or stilts.
One of Le Corbusier's five points of architecture states that a building should be supported off the ground by a system of piloti so that the flow of landscape may remain undisturbed. |
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| Something which came before which can serve as a justification or basis for subsequent things. |
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Sandstone blocks found in quantity in the United Kingdom on Salisbury Plain, the Marlborough Downs, in Kent, and in smaller quantities in Berkshire, Essex, Oxfordshire, Dorset and Hampshire.
The very large standing stones at Stonehenge are made of sarsen. |
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| A mirror-image about an axis; litterally Latin for 'of like measure or proportion'. |
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| Two Posts (vertical supports) and Lintel (horizontal) |
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Unite d'Habitation
Le Cobusier
1948 AD
Marsailles, France |
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Nolli Map
Giambattista Nolli
1748 AD
(of Rome)
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Uffizi
Giorgio Vasari
1550 AD
Florence, Italy |
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Tempietto
Bramante
1502 AD
Rome, Italy |
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City of Timgad
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100 AD
Timgad, Algeria |
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Stonehenge
unknown
2750 - 1500 BC
Amesbury, England |
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Vitruvian Man
Leonardo da Vinci
1500 AD
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