FORMS, SHAPES, & PLATONICS Arch. Nagham Ali Hasan 2 nd lecture-2 nd week 1 st semester

1. University of Palestine College of Applied Engineering & Urban Planning Department of Architecture, Interior Design & Planning FORMS, SHAPES, & PLATONICS Arch. Nagham Ali Hasan 2nd lecture-2ndweek 1st semester 2009-2008 Visual Training & Sketching (EAGD2101) shapes and forms

2. Today s Agenda • Shape & figure • Primary shapes • Platonic volumes • Regular & irregular forms • Edges & Corners • Space Articulation shapes and forms

3. Shapes refer to characteristic outline of the a plane or surface Shapes A shapes and forms

4. The shape • Our recognizing of the shape depends on the degree of visual contrast between the ground and its field A shapes and forms

5. Form & Shape shapes and forms

6. Shape in architecture shapes and forms

7. Visual properties for shape: • Size • Dimension • Color • Texture shapes and forms

8. Visual properties for shape…. • Position • Orientation • Visual intria shapes and forms

9. Circle: shapes and forms

10. shapes and forms

11. Plan of apartments Marina City shapes and forms

12. Triangle: shapes and forms

13. shapes and forms

14. We tend to reduce the subject matter in our visual field to the simple and more regular shapes shapes and forms

15. shapes and forms

16. Square: shapes and forms

17. Square: shapes and forms

18. shapes and forms

19. Platonic: shapes and forms

20. shapes and forms

21. Regular & irregular forms:

23. Form Transformation: • Dimensional transformation • Subtractive transformation • Additive transformation:

24. Dimensional Transformation

25. Subtractive Transformation

26. Additive Transformation • Spatial tension • Edge to edge • Face to face • interlock