Fundamental Concepts of Architecture : The Vocabulary of Spatial Situations
341 Already the diaphanous (literally: shining through) quality of Gothic architecture (Jantzen 1957) represents such a play wit ...
342 participates in the spatial containment and the definition of spatial contours of various systems simultaneously. The way in ...
343 The concept of type plays a productive role in architec- ture, however, when it is understood in such a way that within it, ...
344 trasting appeals and > gestures, it is an example of a specific interaction of forms, meanings, and modes of spatial expe ...
345 urban spaces having an enclosed feeling. Entire urban dis- tricts and localities take on the appearance of familiar inte- ri ...
346 > inside of outside spaces. But with careful composition, it is also possible to form lively interior figures of urban sp ...
347 tinguished by an unmistakable appearance when they thema- tize the potential of the landscape in the cityscape, exploiting i ...
348 directed traversal of space in order to conduct specific trans- actions. It is oriented towards a network of routes, streets ...
349 of purely practical purposefulness or specialized technical requirements. Instead, architectural function also involves ment ...
350 of form. In order to gather, whether at meal times, at confer- ences, a celebration, or a game, we tend to prefer centring s ...
351 possibilities; on the other, they set limits to these possibilities, and are not suitable for all purposes. They do not pred ...
352 mate sphere. The limitation of the gaze through narrow wings of the opening, drapery and > filters may stimulate fantasy ...
353 to taking part in public events, to cosy, protected, reclining in the window, all the way to cautious, restrained lurking fr ...
354 (Latin: virtus, adeptness, fitness) encompasses all of those phenomena and features that, while not physically grasp- able, ...
355 create the impression during the day of standing beneath the starry heavens of the night sky, by having the shell of a gigan ...
356 hand, the wall is only a two-dimensional image plane upon which we perceive light and shadow or various types of in- formati ...
357 and vertical articulation, they give expression to tranquil con- stancy or gestural animation. While we cannot escape the gr ...
358 within, they are simply given; seen from without, they are made by human hands.’ (Flusser 1993b) A wall simultane- ously exc ...
359 other. Generated by a wall in conjunction with the floor is a > space shadow. In their most sparing form, the proverbial ...
360 proach to interior design and home decor that turned against the plush, upholstered interiors and stuffy atmosphere of the o ...
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