PRINCIPLES

AND ELEMENTS
OF DESIGN

- MAYA DURGAPRASAD DANG

NANYANG
TECHNOLOGICAL
UNIVERSITY
SINGAPORE
ELEMENTS
PRINCIPLES
POINT
AXIS
LINE
HIERARCHY
PLANE
DATUM
VOLUME
BALANCE
HARMONY
REPITITION
SHAPE
RHYTHM
SURFACE
BALANCE
TEXTURE
TRANSFORMATION
COLOR
 UNITY//HARMONY - Continuation

The glass façade provides

a high-performance
building envelope that
reduces solar gain and
heat load while allowing
the benefits of natural
views and daylight into
creative spaces.
 UNITY/HARMONY- continuation

This five-storey
facility sweeps a
wooded corner of the
campus with an
organic, vegetated
form that blends
landscape and
structure, nature and
high-tech and
symbolizes the
creativity it houses.
might opt to study
under, or on top of,
the amazing green
roof.
 UNITY/HARMONY - Similarity

This amazing design by

CPG Consultants seems
to offer a new experience
at every elevation or
perspective fulfilling the
intent that a school should
inspire creativity.
Unity - poximity
Balance - Asymmetrical
 HIERARCHY - Weight

Concrete walls and

columns, cement-sand
screeded floors, timber
railings and a neutral
palette define the interior
spaces which vary in
shape and size.
 SCALE & PROPORTION

Concrete walls and

columns, cement-sand
screeded floors, timber
railings and a neutral
palette define the interior
spaces which vary in
shape and size.
 DOMINANCE/EMPHASIS - Size

The glass walls provide a

visual exchange between
indoors and out allowing
students and teachers to
experience the building,
the surrounding landscape
and the interior plaza as
fluid spaces.
EMPHASIS - water body (highlight & color)
SIMILARITY – Line (Stairs along the outline of mass)
SIMILARITY/CONTRAST - line
SIMILARITY/CONTRAST – shape & texture
 SIMILARITY/CONTRAST-light/dark

The roofs serve as

informal gathering
spaces challenging
linear ideas and stirring
perception.
 SIMILARITY/CONTRAST-light/dark

Glass walls provide a

visual exchange between
indoors and out allowing
students and teachers to
experience the building,
the surrounding
landscape and the interior
plaza as fluid spaces.
Contrast - texture
Contrast - material
movement
RHYTHM, REPETITION
THANKYOU