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THEORY OF DESIGN R FOR THE DESIGNED ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONS, INC. stdungin i moen quezon Cay entast Dotals Phone ~ 4361549 mail ~ edepae.center@@gmai.com Website: wm. edep ora ph 51. Introduction to the Course ae 1.1. Definition of architect From the Greek architekton {archi = foremost; fokton = worker) 1.2. Theory 1.2.4 Definition of theory 1.2.2 Types of Theory ‘a. Descriptive b. Prescriptive ©. Critical 4.3. Definitions of Architecture 1.3.1 Architecture as science and art 1.3.2 Architecture as creating Place for people 4.3.3 Architecture as a reflection of the Self 1.4 Architectural systems 1.4.1 Space, structure, enclosure 1.42 Circulation 1.423 Technology 1.4.4 Program 4.4.5 Context 1.5 Architectural orders 1.5.1 Physical 1.5.2 Perceptual 1.5.3 Conceptual =P THEORY OF DESIGN (CENTER FOR THE DESIGNED ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONS, INC. ats, Phone ~ 4361549 ‘gmail ~ odepac.center@amailcom Websto: winw.edep.ora.gh 2. Theory of Design 2.1 Primary elements of design point line 2.2 Form 2.2.1-Defintion of form The point of contact between ‘mass and space 2.22 Properties of form ‘a. shape bsize ©. color d. texture {orientation g. visual inertia 22.3 Definition of shape 2.2.4 Primary shapes 3. circle b. triangle c. square 225 Primary solids ‘a sphere b. cylinder c..cone 4. pyramid e. cube 2.2.6 Regular and irregular forms 227 Transformation of form ‘a. dimensional transformation b. subtractive transformation ©. additive transformation Notes: aah CENTER FOR THE Dotais: Phone = 49615 omall ~edepae centet@amailcom o: mw.cdep ora ph IGNED ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONS, 1Nc THEORY OF DESIGN 22.8 Organization of additive form ‘a. centralized form . linear form c. radial form d. clustered form . grid form 2.2.9 Articulation of form a. edges: b. comers c. surfaces Notes: 2.3 Space 2.3.4 Space as defined by form 2.3.2 Horizontal elements defining space a. base plane b.elevated base plane cc. depressed base plane 4d. overhead plane 2.3.3 Vertical elements defining space vertical linear elements bb. single vertical plane c. L-shaped plane d. parallel planes e. U-shaped plane 1.4 planes: closure 2.3.4 Openings in space-defining elements ‘a. within planes b.atcomers . between planes 2.3.5 Quaities of space 2.36 Spatial relationships ‘a. space within a space b. interlocking spaces ©. adjacent spaces 4. spaces linked by a common space 2.3.7 Spatial organization ‘a. centralized bilinear radial 4d. clustered grid IGNED ENVIRONMENT PROFESSION! tral tian quezon Céy 4961548 edepac.center@gmalcom bate meme ona ph RY OF DES! 24 Circulation Nokes: 2.4.1 Movement through space 2.4.2 Elements of circulation ‘a. approach b. entrance cc. configuration of path d. path-space relationships . form of the circulation space 2.5 Principles of design 2.5.1 Proportion 2.5.1.1. Bases of proportions ‘a, material proportions b. structural proportions , manufactured proportions 25.1.2 Theories of proportion a. Golden Section b. regulating Lines «, classical orders 1d. Renaissance theories ‘@. Modulor f.Ken 2.5.1.3 Typesof proportion a. Relative and Absolute b. Arithmetic, Geometric and Harmonic 2.52 Scale 25.3 Contrast 25.4 Balance 25.5 Hierarchy 2.5.6 Rhythm 2.6 Color 2.6.1 Dimensions of color a. hue b.tonal value ©. chroma or intensity 2.6.2 Categories of color: primary, secondary, tertiary colors 26.3 Color harmony a. analogous colors b. complementary colors ‘c. watm and cool colors 4. triadic color schemes . split-complementary color schemes {-tetradic color schemes 9. square color schemes 2.6.4 Color psychology —~— THEORY IGN Phone ~ 4361549, emai! ~edepac.certer®@gmaiicom Website way cdep ora ph RONMENT PROFESSIONS, 1NC. 3. Theories from Environmental Psychology 3.1 Architecture and the Self 3.1.1. Levels of the Self: 3.4.1.1 Body: a. Anthropocentrism Anthropomorphism ©. Anthropomettics 4. Ergonomics 3.1.1.2. Gender: '2. Masculine b. Feminine ©. Gay architecture d. Androgynous 3.4.4.3 Emotions 3.1.1.4, Spirit 3.2 Proxemics 3.2.1 Personal Space 3.2.2 Distance zones a. public distance . social distance -c. personal distance d. intimate distance 3.2.3 Sociopetal and sociofugal spaces. 3.3 Territoriality and defensible spaces 3.3.1 Definition of territory 3.3.2 Basic characteristics of territories 3.3.3 Personalization 3.3.4 Soft Architecture 3.4 Privacy 3.4.1 Definition of privacy 3.4.2 Kinds of Privacy a. solitude b. intimacy . anonymity reserve 3.5 Social overcrowding 3.6 Hierarchy of needs a. physiological b, security . social acceptance / affiliation d. self-esteem e, self-actualization Notes: THEORY OF DESIGN ER FOR THE Contact Dotais: Phone — 4961549, ‘email ~ odepas.center@gmailcom sto witw.edep ora.ph NED ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONS, INC. ‘3.7 Perception 3.7.1 Definitions ‘a, Cognition b. Symbol c. Semiotics 3.7.2 Gestalt 3.7.3 Ecological 3.7.4 Transactional 3.8 Aesthetics 3.8.1 Speculative Aesthetics: personal beliefs or ideas 1. philosophical approaches: a. hermeneutic: interpretation of the environment as a text 'b. phenomenological: intuitive insight into relationships of person and environment c.existential: creative act and creative artifact 4. politcal (Marxist) Tepresentation of class struggle 2, scientific approaches: a. psychoanalytic: creation as cathartic act b. psychological: 1. mechanistic: stimulation thru single sensation 2. contextual: beauty {rom everyday, ordinary lite 6. organismicist: fusion of body and soul d. formist: expressive value of pattems or forms 3.8.2. Empirical Aesthetics: scientific approaches. 1. information-theory approach environment as a set of images that act as stimuli 2. semantic approach: meaning of environmental elements 3. semiotic approach: cultural, leamed meanings 4. psychobiological approach: neurophysiological processes of brain 3.9 Behavior settings 3.9.1 Components: 1.a standing pattern of behavior 2. milieu Notes: THEORY OF DESIGN 3. a congruent relationship between the two 4. a specific time period 3.9.2 Use of behavior settings 4. Architectural Concepts 4.1 Categories of concepts 4.1.1 Thematic or symbolic Concepts ‘a. analogies b. metaphors. ©. essences d. direct responses e. ideals 4.2 Functional concepts 4.3 Structural concepts a. By Gravity b. Post and titel ©. Arches and vault 4. Flying buttress e. Domes {Space frames 9. Suspended systems hh Prefabrication i. Stretched membrane 4.4 Environmental concepts 45 Technological concepts 5. Philosophical Ideas in Architecture 5.1 Environment and Architecture 5.1.1. The Ten Books of, Architecture by Vitruvius PROFESSIONS, mail ~ edepas. cater Gam: bse. yew cep a.ph 5.1.2. The Poetry of Architecture by John Ruskin 5.1.3 Ecology 5.2 Ekistios 5.3 Bauhaus 5.4 Organic architecture 5.5 Modernism and the International Style Notes: THEORY OF DESIGN 5.7 Crtical Regionalism 5.8 Deconstruction 5.9 Phenomenology and Place 5.10 Filipino beliefs in architecture 5.10.1 Beliefs on choosing a lot 5.10.2 Design beliefs 5.10.3 Construction beliefs 5.10.4 Moving-in beliefs 5.11 Feng shui 5.11.1 Definitions a. Feng shui b.Chi (qi) 6. Sha chi (sha qi) 5.11.2 Theotles of feng shui a. form theory b. compass theory 5.11.3 Basic principle: yin and yang 11.4 The elements 11.5 Productive and destructive sequences 111.6 The 5 elements, colors, and compass directions 41.7 The 8 trigrams. 11.8.9 basic cures: 11.9 Some basic rules (TER FOR THE DESIGNED ENVIR Dota: Phone = 4961549 ‘email ~ sdeoae.canter@amallcom Nebste: wary. clep.OF. Dh IMENT PROFESSIONS, INC

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