ARC 121 Midterm Prep

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Non Dimensional element of a design

Indicates a position in space

• Ex. Center, Node, Landmark, Focal Point
• (At, Around)

1-Dimensional element of a design

An extended point with length, direction, and position

• Ex. Edge, Path, Perimeter, Axis, Datum
• (Along)

2-Dimensional Element of a design.

• An extended line with properties of:
• -length and width
• -shape
• -surface
• -orientation
• -position

• Ex. Precinct, District, Field
• (Above/Below, Front/Back, Side/Side)

3-Dimensional Element of a design

• An extended plane with the properties of:
• -Length, Width, and Height
• -form and space
• -surface
• -orientation
• -position

• Ex. Figure, Object, Void
• (Inside/Outside)

• An imaginary straight line where parts of a building or group of buildings are arranged
• - can be rotated about
• - can divide to form symmetry or asymmetry
• - a datum or structure that objects can be arranged on
• - a line connecting two points

• A mirror image about an axis
• (Consider Local, radial, bilateral, near symmetry)

Not symmetrical along a central dividing line or axis

(Consider Balanced Asymmetry)

A neutral object or system (line, plane, or volume) which acts as a means of organization of forms and space due to its regularity and continuity; a neutral reference plane.

Ex. Sea Level is a datum

A system of thing, spaces, or areas ranked one above the other in series (of size, importance, use, etc.)

A graphic device which uses contrasting tones of black and white to make evident the relationship between occupied and empty space.

(Consider solid/void, object/field, positive/negative, poché)

French for pocket

The substance between the two surfaces of a wall which can be carved to form figural spaces

Point of departure, used in architecture to designate the basic organization of a design

Something which came before which can serve as a justification or basis for subsequent things.

• An analytical drawing of a building.
• Provides:
• -organization
• -form
• -shape
• -geometry
• -morphology
• -scale
• -use
• -parti,
• -relation to site/landscape, context, humans, history, or typology

• Architect: Louis Sullivan
• Dates: 1886-1889
• Location: Chicago, Illinois

• Architect: Louis Sullivan
• Date: 1890-1892
• Location: St. Louis, Missouri

• Architect: Louis Sullivan
• Dates: 1895-1896
• Location: Buffalo, New York

• Architect: Louis Sullivan
• Dates: 1899-1904
• Location: Chicago, Illinois

• Architect: Louis Sullivan
• Years: 1908
• Location: Owatonna, Minnesota

• Architect: Louis Sullivan
• Years: 1914
• Location: Grinnell, Iowa

• Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Years: 1889-1898
• Location: Oak Park, Illinois

• Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Years: 1901-1902
• Location: Chicago, Illinois

• Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Years: 1903-1905
• Location: Buffalo, New York

• Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Years: 1903-1906
• Location: Buffalo, New York

• Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Years: 1905-1908
• Location: Oak Park, Illinois

• Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Years: 1906-1909
• Location: Chicago, Illinois

• Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Years: 1923-1924
• Location: Los Angeles California

• Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Years: 1936-1937
• Location: Madison, Wisconsin

• Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Years: 1936-1939
• Location: Bear Run, Pennsylvania

• Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Years: 1943-1959
• Location: New York, New York

• Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Years: 1956
• Location: Chalk Hill, Pennsylvania

• Architect: Adolf Loos
• Years: 1907
• Location: Vienna, Austria

• Architect: Adolf Loos
• Years: 1910
• Location: Vienna, Austria

• Architect: Adolf Loos
• Years: 1910-1911
• Location: Vienna, Austria

• Architect: Adolf Loos
• Years: 1922
• Location: Vienna, Austria

• Architect: Adolf Loos
• Years: 1928-1930
• Location: Prague, Czech Republic

• Architect: Adolf Loos
• Years: 1927
• Location: Paris, France

• Architect: Walter Gropius
• Years: 1911-1913
• Location: Alfeld, Germany

• Architect: Walter Gropius
• Years: 1925-1926
• Location: Cologne, Germany

• Architect: Walter Gropius
• Years: 1925-1926
• Location: Dessau, Germany

• Architect: Walter Gropius
• Years: 1926-1928
• Location: Dessau, Germany

• Architect: Walter Gropius
• Years: 1927-1928
• Location: Dessau, Germany

• Architect: Le Corbusier
• Years: 1912-1916
• Location: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

• Architect: Le Corbusier
• Years: 1923-1924
• Location: Paris, France

• Architect: Le Corbusier
• Years: 1925
• Location: Paris, France

• Architect: Le Corbusier
• Years: 1926-1928
• Location: Garches, France

• Architect: Le Corbusier
• Years: 1927
• Location: Stuttgart, Germany

• Architect: Le Corbusier
• Years: 1928-1931
• Location: Poissy, France

• Architect: Le Corbusier
• Years: 1929-1933 Location: Paris, France

• Architect: Le Corbusier
• Years: 1930-1932
• Location: Paris, France

• Architect: Le Corbusier
• Years: 1947-1952
• Location: Marseilles, France

• Architect: Le Corbusier
• Years: 1950-1955
• Location: Ronchamp, France

• Architect: Le Corbusier
• Years: 1956-1960
• Location: Éveux, France

• Architect: Le Corbusier
• Years: 1963-1975
• Location: Firminy, France

Masonry with Indented joints and a rough surface finish thought to express the "hand of nature"

Divided into three different kinds or parts

The expression of construction features or Joinery

Image; resembles rather than symbolizes an object

Plant life

Animal Life

A reduced version of the Queen Anne Style (in terms of massing, materiality, color, etc.)

Literally, German for "Total Work of Art"

Literally, German for "Space Plan"