Influences (environmental, social, psychological, cultural, aesthetic, global)

Question 1

We percieve all things as either a positive or negative. Positive elements are seen as ____ while negative elements are the ______.

Answer 1

Figures

Background

Question 2

Stepping up to a space might express the extroverted nature or ___ of a space, while lowering a space might indicate it’s ________ qualities

Answer 2

Significance

Sheltering

Question 3

Golden Section (or ratio), Classical Orders, Renaissance Theories, Modular, Ken, Anthropometric & Scale are the seven:

Answer 3

Theories of proportion

Question 4

Describe a subtractive transformation

Answer 4

Subtractive transformation is the removal of a portion of an objects volume. It can remain in the same family of forms or be transformed into a form from another family

i.e.: a cube can have a portion removed and still remain a cube, or it can be transformed into a polygon that begins to look like a sphere

Question 5

Describe an interlocking space.

Answer 5

The field of a space overlaps the volume of another space

Question 6

Proportion refers to the ________ of ratios

Answer 6

Equality

Question 7

• Different material, color, texture or pattern on adjoining planes - *Develop corners as distinct linear elements independent of abuting planes -
• Remove corners to physically separate neighboring planes - *Lighting the form to create sharp contrasts in tonal values along edges and corners are 4 ways a form can be:

Answer 7

Articulated

Question 8

The visual and tactile quality given to a surface by the size, shape, arrangement and proportion of the parts is the __________. (Also determines the degree to which the surfaces of a form reflects or absorbs incident light

Answer 8

Texture