Diagramming the big idea : methods for architectural composition /: methods for architectural composition. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeffrey Balmer & Michael T. Swisher.
• Authors: Balmer, Jeffrey; Swisher, Michael T
• Contents: Part I: Setting the Stage 1. Introduction Read me first! Why read this book? What is architecture? Organization, order, composition Utility, function, purpose Measure & matter Design & method Strategies & tactics The structure of the narrative The sequence of the chapters The role of precedents The point of departure Glossary of terms Details 1 - Order & Measure ; From the divine to the secular Demonstration 1.1 ; Organizational figures Demonstration 1.2 ; The courtyard schema Demonstration 1.3 ; Courtyards as objects Demonstration 1.4 ; Additional courtyard schemata 2. Sorting through ideas; Diagrams as method Diagram types Diagramming & design education Learning diagrammatic form Gestalt sub–categories The diagram & visual order Our purpose Glossary of terms Details 2; Indigenous diagrams Demonstration 2.1; Diagrams & contexts Demonstration 2.2; Plan as diagram 3. Order First; On order On measure Dividing the square Rules of engagement Positive & negative space Order & the orthogonal Glossary of terms Details 3 - Order, Orientation, Orthogonal; The gridded city Demonstration 3.1; Gestalt defined Demonstration 3.2; Gestalt readings of basic form Part II: The First Project Set 4. Design & drawing fundamentals On drawing Relevance to design Deriving order in drawing Exercises in relational geometry Defined & implied space Analyzing the composition Three variant compositions Observing contrast, repetition, alignment & proximity The variations considered General observations Motif, pattern & theme Defined fields Sorting through results Implied fields Adding fields Combining fields Summary Glossary of terms Details 4 - The Courtyard; Figure–ground & solid–void Demonstration 4.1.1; Figures & field in variation Demonstration 4.1.2; Variation & elaborations Demonstration 4.1.3; Variation & elaborations Demonstration 4.2; Further variations Demonstration 4.3; Contrast, repetition, alignment & proximity The second project set 5. Building on proportion Object on a field A figure in the relational field Looking at the groups Selecting & analyzing an aggregate composition Adding to the quadrants Two elements Refining the figures Observing the new figures Observing the new group Glossary of terms Details 5 - Figures & Fields; Objects & space Demonstration 5.1; Regulating lines dividing space Demonstration 5.2; Figures & their construction Demonstration 5.3; Field, grain & path 6. Conventionos in Design Drawing in the third dimension Adding fields & overhead planes Turning the grid Reading the section A final model Glossary of terms Details 6 - Axis & Path; Lines, planes & volumes Part III: The third project set 7. Starting in three dimensions Design on a grid The site Three figures Spatial models Volume, form & space: an example Visualizing connection with constructed axes The gestural nexus Spatial hierarchy: field grain & path Clarifying plan elements The new grid Strategy set Tactical definitions & variations A final remark Glossary of terms Details 7 - Spatial Systems; Frames, planes & cells Demonstration 7.1; Axial volumes Demonstration 7.2; Additional composition models 8. Models & diagrams; More complex approaches to strategies Strategy definitions Tactical themes & variations Tactics expanded – procedure & results Three–dimensional diagrams Combined diagram models Planning the final model Fragments models The final model Conclusion Glossary of terms Details 8 - Treshold & Boundary; Containment & connection Demonstration 8.1; Axial volumes Demonstration 8.2.1; Alternate tactical diagrams Demonstration 8.2.2; Additional hybrid tactical diagrams Demonstration 8.3; Demonstration model Demonstration 8.4; Demonstration drawings Demonstration 8.5.1; Assembly images Demonstration 8.5.2; Alternate model #1 Demonstration 8.5.3; Alternate model #2 Part IV: Precedents &l
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 720.284; Architectural drawing; Architecture -- Composition, proportion, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429015021; 9780429015038; 9780429015014; 9780429506673
• Related ISBNs: 9781138549890; 9781138549906
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