ACTIVITY NO.

3:
RESEARCH ACTIVITY

BISNAR, KRYSTAL CLAIRE G.

FOURTH YEAR – BLOCK B
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 ARCHITECTURAL
COHERENCE
▪ THE PRINCIPLES OF COHERENCE IN ARCHITECTURE IS
THE VISUAL COMPOSITION IN ITS DESIGN. WHEREAS IT
SHOULD ALSO CONCEPTUALLY BE IN HARMONY.

▪ IT MUST HAVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VISUAL

ELEMENTS.

▪ THE KEY ELEMENTS TO ACHIEVE THIS IS TO CONSIDER

TEXTURE, COLOUR, TONE, DIRECTION, PROPORTION,
SOLID AND VOID, FORM AND SHAPE.

▪ IT IS BEST ACHIEVED BY THINKING ABOUT THE CONTENT

AND FUCNTION OF THE STRUCTURE.

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ARCHITECTURAL
COHERENCE
PRACTICES

▪ IT IS BEST PRACTICE BY USING REPETITION WHERE

ELEMENTS ARE RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER.

▪ PROXIMITY IS ALSO CONSIDERED FOR COHERENCE

AS IT UNDERSTAND THAT THE OBJECTS ARE CLOSE
TOGETHER AND SIMILAR / RELATED.

▪ ALIGNMENT ARE NEEDED TO ILLUSTRATE THE

RELATION BETWEEN BLOCKS.

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COMPLEXITY AND
URBAN COHERENCE
▪ URBAN COHERENCE IS NEEDED TO HAVE
COMPONENTS OF DIFFERENT UTILITIES TO MAKE
UP AN URBAN.

▪ IT INCLUDES GEOMETRICAL FACTOR THAT

DETERMINES THE SUCCESS OF THE CITY TO BE
STRUCTURED PROPERLY AND FORM COHERENTLY.

▪ IT ALSO TIES THE CITY FOR ITS ESSENTIAL NETWORK

OF PATHS.

▪ IN EVERY COUPLING OF ELEMENTS, IT CREATES A

STRONG LINK WHERE THEY COMPLEMENT EACH
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OTHER FOR GREATER COHERENCE.
COMPLEXITY AND
URBAN COHERENCE
▪ TODAY ARCHITECTS USED GRID ALIGNMENT AS A DESIGN
TECHNIQUE.

▪ THE MUTUAL REINFORCEMENT DESCRIBE THE OBJEVTS AS

FUNCTIONAL TO EACH OTHER AND HAVE CONNECTION.

▪ IT GIVES THE COMPONENTS TO HAVE PRIORITY OVER

THEIR PURPOSES.

▪ IT EMERGES IN AN ANALOGOUS FASHION WITH ITS

FORMATION OF COMPLEX THAT AFFECTS ITS WHOLE.

▪ THERE IS ALSO CALLED STREAMLINE FOR GEOMETRY AS

UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR URBAN
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ELEMENTS.
CONCLUSION

URBAN COHERENCE CONNECTS EVERYTHING TOGETHER FROM ITS OBJECT OF

COMPONENTS AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. THE UTILITIES THAT IS IN THERE MAKE UP FOR
THE URBAN TO BE FUNCTIONABLE AND SUCCESSFUL. THERE ARE A LOT OF
CONSIDERATION, TECHNIQUES AND DESIGN THAT CAN IMPROVE THE URBAN FABRIC TO
HAVE ITS COHERENCE THAT WOULD CONNECT THE URBAN AS ONE. THERE HAD BEEN A
LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS AND RESULTED IN
ERRORS THAT IS WHY IMPLEMENTING THE RULES AND STANDARDS OF URBAN DESIGN IS
IMPORTANT.

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