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According to Vitruvius (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, 1st cent. BCE), in De Architectura a building must be considered in terms of three elements:
Utilitas
Utilitas
Utilitas as Message:
Utilitas by Addition:
Louis Kahns Richards Medical Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania
Utilitas by Division:
Firmitas/Stucture will always be a function of: Advances in engineering Availability and strength of materials Cost available for materials Other historical and geographical factors
Architecture is the adaptation of form to resist force. John Ruskin (19th c.)
Trabeated Structures
CANTILEVER
ARCUATED STRUCTURES
Colosseum, Rome.
Venustas
art
beauty elevation
Hertziana, Rome
Analyzing a Building:
Space: Solids and Voids Scale and Proportion Weight & Mass Basic Design Elements
Analyzing a Building:
Space: Solids and Voids Symmetry Asymmetry
Symmetry
Asymmetry
Analyzing a Building:
Weight & Mass:
Materials Massing for Weight Relationship to Ground (high or low?) Texture Color Ornamentation Light Acoustics Context
Basic Elements
Roof Walls Windows Doorways Orientation
Roof Types
Butterfly Roof
Wall Types
Rusticated
Half-timbered
Clapboard
Wainscoting
Stucco Wall
Glass Wall
Window Types
Lancet
Palladian
Oeil-de-boeuf (ox-eye)
Double-hung window
Bay window
Ribbon Window
Casement window
Dormer
Doorways
Arched
Pedimented
Venetian Door
French Door
Sliding Door
Orientation
Aesthetic
Cultural
Ecological