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Esthetic Purposes of Color, Waldron Faulkner. Color serves many esthetic purposes in the design of buildings.
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It creates an atmosphere. A bright color scheme for a building tends express gaiety and excitement; a quiet scheme may express dignity and repose.
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It suggests either unity or diversity. A uniform color scheme contributes a sense of unity, while a varied color scheme gives a feeling of diversity.
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It expresses the character of materials. If a building has a red tile roof, gray stone walls, and brown wood trim, the essential character of each material is clearly stated. If these have the same color, the building looks like a clay model.
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It defines form. A line, a two-dimensional surface, or a three-dimensional volume is defined if its color contrasts with its surroundings.
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It affects proportions. Materials with contrasting colors laid in horizontal lines tend to emphasize a feeling of breadth. If laid in vertical lines, they promote the sense of height.
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Jan
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Urban Spatial Design Theory
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Theories of Urban Spatial Design, Roger Trancik
The city as a clearly defined system of solids and voids. The building coverage is denser than the exterior space, thereby giving shape to the public openings. (1) Figure-ground theory: In this approach, the starting point for an understanding of urban form is the analysis of relationships between building mass and open space. Figure-ground analyses are powerful tools for identifying the textures and patterns of the urban fabric as well as problems in its spatial order, but can lead to a static and two-dimensional conception of space. Read more
Jan
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The Problem of Urban Design
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The Problem of Urban Design, Roger Trancik
Lost Space
Lost space is the leftover unstructured landscape at the base of high-rise towers or the unused sunken plaza away from the flow of pedestrian activity in the city. Read more
Jan
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The Concise Townscape Theory
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Concise Townscape Theory, Gordon Cullen
Serial Vision
Serial Vision is to walk from one end of the plan to another, at a uniform pace, will provide a sequence of revelations which are suggested in the serial drawings opposite, reading from left to right. Read more
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The Aesthetic Townscape Theory
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The Aesthetic Landscape Theory, Yoshinobu Ashihara
Inside and Outside
In many parts of the world interior and exterior space seems to have a certain homogeneity. Attitudes and dress differ little depending on whether one is “inside” or “outside”.
Views from Within and Views from Without
Masonry construction in the West and post-and-beam construction in