Fundamental Concepts of Architecture : The Vocabulary of Spatial Situations

41 but not all functions. They do not limit the possibilities in the sense of typical use schemes, but according to particular t ...

42 with space, acquire value only when they are removed from monotony and triviality. An architectural framing of space can sens ...

43 Within a building, the ceiling substitutes for the sky; outside, the sky forms a ceiling. We barely notice the sky unless att ...

44 primordial need for covering. In fact, a room can be defined without delimiting walls, for example, as a skeleton structure, ...

45 the ceiling is important in particular for the gestural character of a space. It elevates a space or presses it down, orients ...

46 As the smallest habitable unit, the spatial cell is a material- ized form of the individual sphere in two respects. First, it ...

47 ple claim as their personal spheres (bubbles), we could then speak of a foam composed of such individual bubbles. Archi- tect ...

48 within which we can stride, where the field of vision can ex- pand. The diversity of open space, conversely, generates a de- ...

49 back upon him- or herself. In fact, the cellar is not a space of everyday life, and those who spend substantial time there ha ...

50 We are accustomed to defining an architectural space in terms of its boundaries (walls, enclosure), as being delimited from t ...

51 it exercises a pull; we feel uncertain there, and therefore re- turns to the periphery, only to turn back towards the mid- dl ...

52 whole remains palpable. In orientation, access and functional arrangement, these peripheral rooms are related in various ways ...

53 On an urban scale, the > public square assumes a cen- tring function within a town or city. As the central point of a quar ...

54 ing to locations together like a route, i.e. an elongated stoa, or covered colonnade. Circular movements like the circumam- b ...

55 strict views and movement via canalization through inter- mediate spaces. The spaces of streets and public > squares, fina ...

56 an individual building requires closed walls. The closed char- acter of the > wall is also a precondition if the openings ...

57 Beyond objective perceptual constants, coloration has a profound influence on the mood of a space; it can calm or stress, sti ...

58 More important than the perception of an individual col- our is the interaction between several colours present simul- taneou ...

59 fects, was intended to promote conviviality at receptions or at mealtimes. Fundamentally, and in particular when it appears i ...

60 Even a simple wooden staff stuck into the ground orders the space around it. A reply to the question: where does architec- tu ...