Elements of ARCHITECTURE

From form to place

Lecture 01_On Elements of Architecture

ARCH 211_2018
Instructors : Dr. SukHee / Dr. Yenny / Ms. Wafa
Contents
Chapter 1. Openings
Chapter 2. Phenomena of Perception
Chapter 3. Order and Disorder
Chapter 4. Measure and Balance
Chapter 5. Fabric and Object

First Interlude From Object to Space

Spatiality of Objects
Relationships between Objects

Chapter 6. Space

Second interlude From Space to Place

Chapter 7. Place
Chapter 8. Form and the Nature of Materials
Chapter 9. Design
Chapter 1. Opening

1.1 The Window in Crisis

Eye, mouth, nose and ear concurrently it is not only a determining

feature in the building’s appearance, but also the intermediary
which allows the occupants of a building to see, hear, and feel the
place of which they are part.

Textbook, page 3
1.2 In Search of Universal Principles

Theory, which deals with that which is permanent and always

valid,
notably the rules of art and the laws of statics

Practice, which seeks to adapt eternal laws to the variable

conditions of time and space. _Viollet-le-Duc

Textbook, page 9

…techniques, myths and realities in a mixture of positivism

and phenomenology.

Textbook, page 10
1.3 In Search of an Introduction to the Study of Architecture

…Students to discover the range and principal aspects of a

discipline which organizes the place for human life for today
and tomorrow. _p10
Chapter 1. Openings
Chapter 2. Phenomena of Perception
…Students to be able to obtain a clear idea the discipline, to
Chapter 3. Order and Disorder
discover a few basic facts, and to begin to build up references
Chapter 4. Measure and Balance
which will enable him to continue to learn._p10
Chapter 5. Fabric and Object

Grammatical refernces_an anlaysis of the structures of the

world forms_an introduction to our discipline_p10
…architecture between the world of physical realities and that
of desire and imaginary.

Architecture cannot therefore be a science, but it uses

sciences : the exact sciences for its stability and durability, its
thermal and acoustic capabilities; social sciences for a better
understanding of man’s relationship with place and time.

The reasonable architect checks the artistic and cultural

intuitions expressed in his design by rational means.

He acts, knowing enough about established scientific facts and

experience.

The attractive vision of an entirely rational, scientific

architecture based on facts and stripped of all speculation, is,
on the other hand, a trap.

David Hockney - ‘My Mother’

…form, what we call ‘principles’ is finally made up of
observations and hypotheses on the most permanent
components of architecture.

…Phenomenological and pragmatic

History, the body of ‘experience’ will therefore be of

precious assistance.

This book is a collection of observations, experiences and

ordered thoughts which seek to be use of to the architects’
reasoned critique of their own work and of the projects and
designs of others. The Treachery of Images, Rene Magrite, 1928-29
“The famous pipe. How people reproached me for it! And yet, could
you stuff my pipe? No, it's just a representation, is it not? So if I had
written on my picture 'This is a pipe', I'd have been lying!”
— René Magritte