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PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE

SHRUTI
RUPAL
KRITIKA
HIMANSHI
HAT DO YOU MEAN BY PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLES ARE BASIC RULES OR GUIDELINES
THAT SERVES AS THE FOUNDATION OF A SYSTEM.
BALAN
CE
WHAT IS BALANCE?
BALANCE IS AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT ENABLING SOMETHING OR
SOMEONE TO REMAIN UPRIGHT AND STEADY.

IT’S A CONCEPT OF VISUAL EQUILIBRIUM.

PINJORE GARDEN
BALANCE CAN BE
) SYMMETRICAL OR EVENLY BALANCED
-BIAXIAL
-APPROXIMATE
-INVERTED
ASYMMETRICAL OR UNEVENLY BALNCE
SYMMETRICAL BALANCE

PINJORE
LE CORBUSIER
GARDEN
OFFICE
BIAXIAL SYMMETRY
A SYMMETRICAL COMPOSITION CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE AXIS OF
SYMMETRY.
BIAXIAL SYMMETRY USES TWO AXES OF SYMMETRY
- VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL.

GEOMETRIC HILL
CAPITOL
COMPLEX
APPROXIMATE SYMMETRY
IN APPROXIMATE SYMMETRY EQUIVALENT BUT NOT IDENTICAL FORMS
ARE ARRANGED AROUND THE FULCRUM LINE.

PIERRE JEANNERET
MEUSEUM
INVERTED SYMMETRY
INVERTED SYMMETRY USES SYMMETRY WITH ONE HALF
INVERTED.
ASYMMETRICAL BALANCE
LARGE SHAPES CAN
BE BALANCED BY
MORE NUMBER OF
SMALLER SHAPES

BAPTIST CHURCH
KASUALI
BALANCE CAN BE CREATED
BY APPROPRIATE COLOURS
ME MORE EXAMPLES OF BALAN
THANKYOU

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