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Architectural Form & Space Guide

This document outlines the primary architectural elements and principles of form, space, and order. It discusses elements like points, lines, planes, and volumes that define form. It also examines how forms can be manipulated through transformations and the relationship between horizontal and vertical elements in defining space. Finally, it analyzes spatial organizations, circulation, and ordering principles.

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Architectural Form & Space Guide

This document outlines the primary architectural elements and principles of form, space, and order. It discusses elements like points, lines, planes, and volumes that define form. It also examines how forms can be manipulated through transformations and the relationship between horizontal and vertical elements in defining space. Finally, it analyzes spatial organizations, circulation, and ordering principles.

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Architectural Principles

from Architecture: Form, Space, & Order by Francis D.K. Ching

Primary Elements Form and Shape Transformation of Form


1. point elements 1. visual properties 1. dimensional
2. linear elements 2. relational properties transformation
3. planar elements 3. primary shapes and 2. subtractive form
4. volumetric elements forms 3. additive forms
- circle - triangle 4. centralized form
- square - sphere 5. linear form
- cylinder - cone 6. radial form
- pyramid - cube 7. clustered form
8. grid form
Manipulation of Form Horizontal Elements Vertical Elements Defining
Defining Space Space
1. formal collisions of 1. base plane 1. vertical linear elements
geometry 2. elevated base plane 2. single vertical plane
- circle and square 3. depressed base plane 3. L-shaped planes
- rotated grid 4. overhead plane 4. parallel planes
2. articulation of form 5. U-shaped planes
- edges and corners 6. four planes: closure
- surfaces
Openings in Space- Qualities of Spatial Relationships
Defining Elements Architectural Space
1. opening within planes 1. proportion 1. space within a space
2. openings at corners 2. scale 2. interlocking spaces
3. openings between 3. definition 3. adjacent spaces
planes 4. degree of enclosure 4. spaces linked by a
5. light common space
6. view
Spatial Organizations Circulation Ordering Principles
1. centralized 1. circulation elements axis
organizations 2. building approach symmetry
2. linear organizations 3. building entrances hierarchy
3. radial organizations 4. configuration of path datum
4. clustered organizations 5. path/space rhythm
5. grid organizations relationships repetition
6. form of the circulation transformation
space

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