Thursday, November 4, 2010

Proportion and Scale

Golden Section 


Golden Section comes from the Pythagorean concept. The Golden Section can be defined as the ratio of the whole line to the large segment which is the same as the ratio of the large segment to the small segment.

 Temple of Neptune

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Classical Orders 
Classical Order is any of several styles of classical architecture that are defined by the particular type of column which is Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite. A column is composed of a shaft together with its base and its capital. The column supports a section of an entablature which constitutes the upper horizontal part of a classical building and is itself composed of an architrave, frieze, and cornice. The image is example of Corinthian column.


The Medici-Riccardi Palazzo

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Renaissance Theories

Renaissance Theories is the basic ratio of proportion of the architecture which was developed from the architects of the Renaissance. These series of rations are used in the dimension of room, facade, and interlocking proportions of sequence of space or entire plan.  The image is an example of floor plan of Renaissance style.

Brunelleschi: Plan of Santo Spirito

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Modular
Modular is the proportion system developed by Le Corbusier. The system is based on human measurements and mathematics including the golden section, the Fibonacci series, and aesthetic dimension. The Modular is also a system of measurements which apply to architecture and to mechanic things. 
Heidi Weber Pavilion

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Ken
Ken is the Japanese unit of measure and began to use to design the interval between two columns and varied in sizes. Nowadays, the ken is standardized for architecture and becomes absolute measurement. Not only the ken is the measurement of the construction building, but also it evolved into an aesthetic module. 

 Tokonoma Room


6-mat Room


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Anthropomorphic

Anthropomorphic is the measure of the size and proportion of the human body. The anthropometric proportioning method is also not abstract or symbolic rations, but it is functional. Besides, anthropomorphic method is the forms and spaces in architecture which is either container or external human body and then should be determined by its dimension.

The public plaza, NYC


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Scale: Visual Scale
Scale refers to how we perceive or judge the size of something in relation to something else. Mostly the scale is the result of comparing two things. 


CN Tower


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1 comment:

  1. Your diagrams are very neat. The use of line weights really make them set apart!

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