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Architectural Forms

Form refers to the visible features or characteristics that define an object or shape, including its size, color, texture, and orientation in space. Shape is the principal aspect that determines how a form is identified and categorized. Form encompasses a variety of attributes like position, orientation, and visual inertia that influence how it is perceived.

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Architectural Forms

Form refers to the visible features or characteristics that define an object or shape, including its size, color, texture, and orientation in space. Shape is the principal aspect that determines how a form is identified and categorized. Form encompasses a variety of attributes like position, orientation, and visual inertia that influence how it is perceived.

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FORM

• Recognized external In art and design,


appearance. •The manner of arranging
and coordinating the
• A condition that something elements and parts of a
manifests. composition so as to
produce a coherent image
FORM

• A method or manner of jointing that makes the


united parts clear, distinct, and precise in relation
to each other.
FORM

• Shape
• Size
• Color
• texture
SHAPE
F O R M

• The characteristic outline or surface configuration of a


particular form.
• Shape is the principal aspect by which we identify and
categorize forms.
SHAPE
F O R M

• In architecture we are concerned with the shapes of:


• Floor, wall and ceiling shapes
• Door and window openings
• Silhouettes and contours of building forms
SHAPE
F O R M

• From geometry we know the regular shapes to be the circle,


and the infinite series of regular polygons that can be
inscribed within it.
SHAPE
F O R M

Circle - A plane curve every point of which is equidistant from


a fixed point within the curve
SHAPE
F O R M

The circle is a centralized, introverted figure that is normally stable and


self-centering in its environment.
Placing a circle in the center of a field reinforces its inherent centrality.
Associating it with straight or angular forms or placing an element along
its circumference, however, can induce in the circle an apparent rotary
motion.
SHAPE
F O R M

Triangle - A plane figure bounded by three sides and having


three angles
SHAPE
F O R M

The triangle signifies stability.


When resting on one of its sides, the triangle is an
extremely stable figure.
When tipped to stand on one of its vertices,
however, it can either be balanced in a
precarious state of equilibrium or be unstable
and tend to fall over onto one of its sides.
SHAPE
F O R M

The square represents the pure and the


rational. It is a bilaterally symmetrical figure
having two equal and perpendicular axes. All
other rectangles can be considered variations
of the square—deviations from the norm by the
addition of height or width.
Like the triangle, the square is stable when
resting on one of its sides and dynamic when
standing on one of its corners.
When its diagonals are vertical and horizontal,
however, the square exists in a balanced state
of equilibrium.
SIZE
F O R M

• The physical dimensions of length, width, and


depth of a form. While these dimensions
determine the proportions of a form, its scale is
determined by its size relative to other forms in
its context.
TEXTURE
F O R M

• The visual and especially tactile quality given


to a surface by the size, shape, arrangement,
and proportions of the parts. Texture also
determines the degree to which the surfaces
of a form reflect or absorb incident light
COLOR
F O R M

• A phenomenon of light
and visual perception that
may be described in terms
of an individual’s
perception of hue,
saturation, and tonal value.
Color is the attribute that
most clearly distinguishes a
form from its environment.
It also affects the visual
weight of a form.
COLOR
F O R M

PARTS OF COLOR
• Hue: another word for color;
• Value: describes how light or
dark the color is;
• Temperature: relates to the
feeling of warmth or coolness
the color evokes; and
• Intensity: measures the
range of a color from dull to
vivid. Also called chroma
and saturation.
FORM

• Position
• Orientation
• Visual inertia
POSITION
F O R M

• The location of a form


relative to its environment
or the visual field within
which it is seen.
ORIENTATION
F O R M

• The direction of a form relative to the


ground plane, the compass points,
other forms, or to the person viewing
the form
VISUAL INERTIA
F O R M

• The direction of a form relative to the


ground plane, the compass points,
other forms, or to the person viewing
the form

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