Theory of Architecture 1 Report by: SR Central Colleges of the Philippines College of Architecture 1st Semester S.Y. 2016-17 September 2016

1. Theory of Architecture 1
Terminologies
Important things to understand before you go any further than (like)
going to Architectural Design 1 niggah, south side (y)

2. Art
The conscience use of skill, craft, and
creative imagination in the production of
what is beautiful, appealing, or of more
than ordinary significance.
Art is a diverse range of human activities in
creating visual, auditory or performing
artifacts (artworks), expressing the author's
imaginative or technical skill, intended to
be appreciated for their beauty or
emotional power

3. In their most general form these activities include the production of
works of art, the criticism of art, the study of the history of art, and the
aesthetic dissemination of art.

4. CREATIVE

5. Top 7 CREATIVE PEOPLE (for me) at the
moment (2016)

6. 1. The Strokes

7. 2. Alvar Aalto

8. 3. David Choe

9. 4. Bob Ong

10. 5. Ludwig Wittgenstein

12. 7. Massimo Vignelli

13. Aesthetics
The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of art, beauty, and
taste, with a view to establishing the meaning and validity of critical
judgments concerning work of art. A.k.a. esthetics

14. Art + Culture = Aesthetics

17. Beauty
The aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives intense
pleasure to the senses or deep satisfaction to the mind or spirit,
whether arising rom harmony of form or color, excellence of craft,
truthfulness, originality, or other, often unspecifiable property.

20. BIAS

21. Taste
Critical judgment, discernment or appreciation of what’s fitting,
harmonious, or beautiful prevailing in a culture or personal to an
individual.

23. Delight
A high degree of pleasure or enjoyment.

25. Commodity
Something of value, use, or convenience.

27. Firmness
The state or quality of being solidly constructed.

28. =
Architecture
Commodity + Firmness + Delight

29. Utilitas Firmitas Venustas
Commodity + Firmness + Delight

31. Science
A branch of knowledge dealing with a body of facts or truths obtained
by direct observation, experimental investigation, and methodical
study, systematically arranged and showing the operation of general
laws.

32. Engineering
The art and science of applying scientific principles to practical ends in
the design and construction of structures, equipment, and systems.

33. Technology
Applied science; the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation
and use of technical methods and materials, and their interrelation
with life, society, and the environment.

34. Technics
The science of an art or of the arts in general.

35. Tectonics (Constructive Art)
The science or art of shaping, ornamenting, or assembling materials in
construction.

36. Architectonics
The unifying structure or concept of an artistic work.

37. Architecture
The transformation of precedence.

38. Design
The creation and organization of formal elements in a work of art.

39. Form
The shape and structure of something as distinguished from its
substance or material.

40. Shape
• The outline or surface configuration of a particular form or figure.

41. While form usually refers to the principle that
gives unity to a while, and often includes a sense
of mass or volume, shape suggests an outline with
some emphasis on the enclosed area or mass.

42. Texture
The visual and esp. tactile quality of a surface, apart from its color or
form.

43. Visual Texture
The apparent texture of a surface resulting from the combination and
the interrelation of colors and tonal values.

44. Tactile Texture
The physical, dimensional structure of a surface, apart from its color or
form.

45. Organic
Of or pertaining to shapes and forms having irregular contours which
appear to resemble those of living plants or animals.

46. Nonobjective
Of or pertaining to shapes and forms not representing natural or actual
objects. Also, nonrepresentational.

47. Geometric
Of or pertaining to shapes and forms which resemble or employ the
simple rectilinear or curvilinear elements of geometry.

48. Abstract
Of or pertaining to shapes and forms having an intellectual and
affective content dependent solely on their intrinsic lines, colors, and
relationship to one another.

49. Massing
A unified composition of two-dimensional shapes or thre-dimensional
volumes, esp. one that has or gives the impression of weight, density,
and bulk.

50. Symbol
Something that stands for or represents something else by association,
resemblance, or convention, deriving its meaning chiefly from the
structure in which it appears.

51. Sign
A mark or figure having a conventional meaning and used in place of a
word or phrase to express a complex notion.

52. Articulation
A method or manner of jointing that makes the unified parts clear,
distinct, and precise in relation to each other.

53. Content
The significance or meaning of an artistic work as distinguished from its
form.

54. Detail
An individual, minute, or subordinate part of a whole.

55. Pattern
An artistic or decorative design esp. one having a characteristic
arrangement and considered as a unit of which an idea can be given by
a fragment.

56. Organization
The systematic arranging of interdependent or coordinated parts into a
coherent unity or functioning whole.

57. Composition
• The arranging of parts or elements into proper proportion or relation
so as to form or unified whole.

58. Structure
The organization of elements or parts in a complex system as
dominated by the general character of the whole.

59. Parti
The basic scheme or concept for an architectural design, represented
by a diagram.

60. Diagram
The basic scheme or concept for an architectural design, represented
by a diagram.

61. Design Principle
A fundamental and comprehensive concept of visual perception for
structuring an aesthetic composition.

62. Order
A condition of logical, harmonious, or comprehensive arrangement in
which each element of a group is properly disposed with reference to
other elements and to its purpose.

63. Unity
The state of quality of being combined into one, as the ordering of
elements in an artistic work that constitutes a harmonious while or
promotes a singleness of effect.

64. Uniformity
The state or quality of being identical, homogeneous, or regular.

65. Homogeneous
Uniform in structure throughout or composed of parts that are all of
the same nature or kind.

66. Regular
Uniformly or evenly formed or arranged.

67. Monotony
The state or quality of lacking variety.

68. Variety
The state or quality of having varied or diverse forms, types, or
characteristics.

69. Complexity
The state or quality of being a while composed of complicated,
intricate, or interconnected parts.

70. Collage
An artistic composition of often diverse elements in unlikely or
unexpected juxtaposition.

71. Emphasis
Stress or prominence given to an element of a composition by means
of contrast, anomaly, or counterpoint.

72. Contrast
Opposition or juxtaposition of dissimilar elements in a work of art to
intensify each element’s properties and produce a more dynamic
expressiveness.

73. Harmony
The orderly, pleasing, or congruent arrangement of the elements or
parts in an artistic whole.

74. Repose
Harmony in the arrangement of parts or colors that is restful to the eye.

75. Coherent
Logically or aesthetically ordered or integrated to afford
comprehension or recognition.

76. Hierarchy
A system of elements ranked, classified, and organized one above
another, according to importance or significance.

77. Juxtaposition
The state or position of being placed close together or side by side. As
to permit comparison or contrast.

78. Contradiction
The state or condition of being opposed inconsistent, or logically
incongruous.

79. Counterpoint
A parallel but contrasting element or theme in a narrative or concept.

80. Chaos
A state of utter disorder or confusion.

81. Equilibrium
A state of rest or balance between contrasting elements or opposing
forces.

82. Balance
The pleasing or harmonious arrangement or proportion of parts or
elements in a design or composition.

83. Symmetry
The exact correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on
opposite sides of a dividing line or plane, or about a center or axis.

84. Local symmetry
Bilateral symmetry
Radial symmetry

85. Axis
A straight line to which elements in a composition are referred for
measurement or symmetry.

86. Rhythm
Movement characterized by a patterned repetition or alternation of
formal elements or motifs in the same or a modified form.

87. Repetition
The act or process of repeating formal elements or motifs in a design.

88. Proportion
The comparative, proper, or harmonious relation of one part to another
or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degress.

89. Ratio
Relatoin in magnitude, quantity, or degree between two or more
similar things.

90. Scale
A certain proportionate size, extent, or degree, usually judged in
relation to some standardor point of reference.

91. Module
A unit of measurement used for standardizing the dimensions of
building materials or regulating the proportions of an architectural
composition.