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| When a figure is endowed with transparency, it is able to interpenetrate with out an optical destruction of each other. Transparency implies a broader special order. A simultaneous perception of different spatial locations. |
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| An inherent quality of substance, such as glass in a curtain wall. |
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| Inherent quality of organization. |
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| Spaces overlap to create sub spaces within it. Community Center in Weslaco Texas is an example of distinct layering of rooms within rooms, which provides a sense of spatial layering in both the plan and the visual experience. |
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| Organizational Ordering Systems |
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| Grid systems, overlapping spaces, shifting of axial lines |
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| Functional Uses of Outdoor Spaces/Outdoor Living (Especially in California) |
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| Ex. Donnell Garden, Sonoma CA |
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| Relationship of Inside to outside |
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| Spatially and Functionally: The relationship of an outside space to the inner space. For example, if there is a curtain wall you can see to the inner space from the outside and vise versa. Example is Donnell Garden : Lanai at the pool garden. |
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| Le Corbusier’s “Five Points of Architecture” |
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| (1926) : Piloti, Free Plan, Free Façade, Ribbon Windows, Roof Garden |
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| Graphic Designer, De Stijl Movement in art. |
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| Mies van der Rohe in 1929 |
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| Garrett Eckbo (1910-2004) |
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| American Landscape Architect, Community Center, Weslaco, TX, for the US Farm Security Administration [FSA], ALCOA Garden at his own house. |
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| Miller Residence, Columbus IN (1955) for J. Irwin and Xenia Miller and Family |
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| Thomas Church (1902-1978) |
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| American Landscape Architect, Gardens for the People (1955) (book), church outlines four principles for his design processs, Unity (consideration of the schemes as a whole), Function (relation of the practical service areas to the needs of the household & the relation of the decorative areas to the desires and pleasures of those who use it), Simplicity (upon which may rest both the economic and aesthetic success of the layout), Scale (pleasant relation of parts to one another) DONNEL RESIDENCE, Sonoma CA (1947-54) for Dewey and Linda Donnell and Family. |
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