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What are the influences on architecture?
General influences, Influences of Nature, Influence of Man
What are the general influences of man?
Needs of man and Activities of Man
What are the needs of man
Physical needs, Emotional needs, Intellectual needs
food, shelter, clothing, livelihood, and other basic needs
Self-preservation
for the population to increase and continue in existence.
reproduction
What are the activities of man
- DESIRE FOR PRESERVATION
- DESIRE FOR RECOGNITION
- DESIRE FOR RESPONSE
- DESIRE FOR SELF-EXPRESSION
This affects the habits and temperaments
of people
Climate
plans are more open and often include courts or patios.
Warmer climate
more compact in arrangement.
The severe cold winds are avoided by providing a cover from portion of the building to the other.
Colder climate
The general terrain or contour of the
the surface of an area.
Topography
Since architecture is the most permanent
and cumulative reflection of the social
structure of a certain period, the interests
of the people dictate the type and
appearance of its buildings.
Social Conditions
In this setting, the man’s personality
reflects what his interest is from the type of house that he prefers to live in. This
influence is even more magnified when
you are dealing with residential clients.
Mans personality
refers to the size of something compared to a reference standard or to the size of something else
(like a human being).
scale
refers to the proper and harmonious
relation of one part to another or to the whole.
proportion
a mathematically-based proportioning system used by ancient civilization including the Greeks and Romans
as well as by modern designers, most notably the French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier.
golden section
used by the Greeks and Romans
of ancient antiquity represented the perfect expression of beauty and harmony. They were not based on a
fixed unit of measurement, but rather on the proportioning of the parts to the whole.
classical orders
believing that their buildings had to belong to a higher order, returned to the Greek mathematical system of proportions. Just as Greeks thought music to be the geometry translated in
sound, the Renaissance architects thought that architecture was mathematics translated into spatial
units. They applied the proportioning system developed by Pythagoras (which was based on musical scale), and developed a progression of ratios
that formed the basis of their architecture. These proportions manifested themselves not only in the
dimensions of a room or façade, but also in the relationship of spaces in the plan.
Renaissance Theories
was made famous by the French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier. Based on
the measuring concepts used by the Ancient Greeks, Egyptians and other high civilizations, the Modulor uses the mathematical proportions of the human body as a point of reference. The Modulor combines the aesthetic dimensions of the Golden Section and
Fibonacci numerical series with the scale of the human body. He developed this system for the serial production of standard furnitures and for determining
the lengths, heights and widths of inner spaces.
Modulor
is a traditional Japanese unit of length. It originally designated the interval between two columns and it was standardized later for residential architecture. Ken
was used as the absolute measurement for the construction of buildings and as an aesthetic module that ordered the structure, materials and space of
Japanese architecture.
Ken
Traditional Japanese floor mat
Tatami
refers to the size and proportions of the
human body.
Anthropometry
The placement or arrangement of visual
elements
Composition
is the opposition or dissimilar elements in a work of design to intensify each element’s properties and produce a more dynamic expression.
Contrast
In order for a shape to be interesting there must be variety or contrast. Square and circular areas may create a diversified interest.
Contrast of Form
