Fundamental Concepts of Architecture : The Vocabulary of Spatial Situations

121 made of paper (shoji). The filter layer itself can assume vari- ous dimensions, and may form a > layering with its own sp ...

122 suggestive, mysterious, as with all forms of concealment, and exercises a certain allure. Whereas a curtain, at the same tim ...

123 > personal space, which is able to expand further when our room for manoeuvre is not restricted by spatial delimitations. ...

124 by it on several sides without actually belonging to it. The relationship between spaces that are folded into one another in ...

125 Between three isolated objects, we perceive the > gestalt of a triangle. The space between architectural elements, then, ...

126 broad, undivided public square or in the middle of a confus- ing distribution of structural elements that lacks any system o ...

127 to the expression and character of the total architectural situ- ation. Form characters are components of atmospheres; as a ...

128 might not spread itself out, but may instead extend, align it- self, wrap around a building, or seal itself off. In our imag ...

129 or surface qualities. A soft contour, however, may distinguish the expression of the total spatial form or building, and the ...

130 > courtyard, garden, landscape, square and street, urban design > access, furnishing, readability, type, use In many c ...

131 tial layer into which an occupant’s identity is inscribed. Lined with shelves, pictures, niches and fixtures, the walls beco ...

132 activity and rest constitute the basic polarities of residence. Traditionally, the dining table is the centre of an apartmen ...

133 vitrine, an item of furniture either conceals its contents or presents them to view. Open shelves represent an extension of ...

134 > furnishing A corridor or ambulatory that opens up on one side towards a taller space is referred to as a gallery. A pas ...

135 can be varied in any number of ways; its dramatic possibili- ties are presented in an excessive form in Giovanni Battista Pi ...

136 wrested from nature; in them, the artificiality of urban life is confronted by a piece of nature as its antipode. The space ...

137 and which delimits a garden from grazing fields, for exam- ple, without interfering with views, is a typical resource for th ...

138 on the garden type, from the kitchen garden intended for self- provisioning, the decorative green space, and the colourful f ...

139 that allow relationships between buildings and spaces to ap- pear graspable. Martin Heidegger (1953/1993) understood the coh ...

140 the space around us, we must move our bodies. A glance, however, is able to take in only segments measuring 25 to 30° with a ...