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12 Cards in this Set
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Vitruvius |
- ancient Roman architect - Utilitas, Firmitas, Venustas |
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Architecture encloses usable space |
- client states needs in "building program" - plan= utility, drawing= structure, actual elevation= beauty |
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Primary spaces |
represent main function of a building |
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Secondary spaces |
make the primary spaces usable |
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Additive plan |
strings discrete rooms into irregular pattern, complex 3d forms |
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Divisive plan |
separates spaces within larger/simpler spaces, often symmetrical |
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Structural Systems |
trabeated, arculated |
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trabeated |
based on a unit of two verticals supporting a horizontal |
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arculated |
composed of wedge-shaped stones (voussoirs) are between posts, becomes a vault or dome, diagonal thrusts, meeds or buttresses |
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Structure seeks stasis thru balancing... what? |
tension and compression (push/pull) |
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picturesque |
irregular |
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formal |
regular |