Fundamental Concepts of Architecture : The Vocabulary of Spatial Situations

241 Customarily, however, proportion in architecture has been understood in the narrower sense as scalar relations be- tween the ...

242 breadth. Only when dimensional relationships are transferred from surface geometry to the geometry of structural masses and ...

243 > haptic qualities, movement, orientation, sensory perception > ascent, stairs, tower, view into/out of, window > a ...

244 individual rooms, which were either raised or lowered and reached by small numbers of steps rather than convention- ally thr ...

245 simple and clearly structured (i.e. as a cube). A well-calculated > scenic direction opens up dramaturgical possibilities ...

246 transparency is the basis for the intellectual pleasure that ac- companies the deciphering of an architectural > composit ...

247 ture acts directly upon us in order to elicit behaviour, to facili- tate, hinder or compel specific activities – may be over ...

248 ardization and leeway for appropriation (3), and the meaning of comfort and habit (4). In its most economical form, a resid ...

249 tial structure, conversely, graduated degrees of privacy can be distinguished through the grouping of functions. Since the f ...

250 stabilizes a specific image of the surrounding town; this im- age is dominated by the views that open up from our home, so t ...

251 ings, which function as mirrors of individuality, as imprints of individual or collective use. The question of whether one ...

252 Going beyond the physical demands made on space, the sense of personal well-being requires a scope for spatial develop- ment ...

253 allowing them to seem wholly dead. The acoustic capacity of materials to resonate also supports effects of spatial rever- be ...

254 Occurring in architecture primarily are two types of rhythm, which at times coincide. First, rhythm serves as a means of vis ...

255 sequence of > squares and streets. As an example, Jürgen Joedicke describes the figure of movement when performed in trav ...

256 the entrance of unknown individuals are negotiated by rituals that involve the control of admission, greeting, or reception, ...

257 Through ceremonial or ritual actions, social relationships are endowed with expression. The barriers of a courtroom, for exa ...

258 bath as a place to luxuriate in ‘peace and retreat’. The rituals of purification taking place in Roman or Turkish baths envi ...

259 To roam spontaneously and aimlessly is one of the pleasures offered by architecture and by the city; and moreover in two sen ...

260 roving and straying can also extend in elevation heights as well. In the second instance, roaming is a kind of pleasurable s ...