ESSENCE AND COMPOSITION OF

ARCHITECURE
Theory of Architecture 1
 ESSENCE AND COMPOSITION OF ARCHITECTURE

-A COLLECTION OF THOUGHTS, VIEWS AND IDEAS

-COMBINATION OF VARIOUS THOUGHTS, SPECULATIONS AND
CONCEPTS
-ORGANIZED BY A THEME OR TOPIC
-EVOLUTION OF THOUGHTS
Architecture is generally conceived—designed—and realized—
built—in response to an existing set of conditions. These
conditions may be purely functional in nature, or they may also
reflect in varying degrees the social, political, and economic
climate.
As an art, architecture is more than satisfying the purely functional
requirements of a building program. Fundamentally, the
physical manifestations of architecture accommodate human
activity. However, the arrangement and ordering of forms and
spaces also determine how architecture might promote endeavors,
elicit responses, and communicate meaning.
 ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS

The basic elements and systems that constitute the work of architecture. All
these elements may be readily apparent while others are more obscure to our
intellect and senses. Some may dominate and some may play a secondary
role in a building’s organization. Some may convey images and meanings
while others serve as qualifiers or modifiers of these images.
 ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS

THE ARCHITECTUREAL SYSTEMS OF SPACE, STRUCTURE AND ENCLOSURE

EXPERIENCE THROUGH MOVEMENT IN SPACE AND TIME
ACHIEVED BY MEANS OF TECHNOLOGY
ACCOMMODATING A PROGRAM
COMPATIBLE WITH ITS CONTEXT
ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEMS
ARCHITECTURE

EXPERIENCE

MEANS

ACCOMMODATION

COMPATIBILITY
 Architectural systems
of Space, structure, enclosure

- Organizational pattern, relationships, hierarchy

- Formal image and spatial definition
- Qualities of shape, color, texture, scale and proportion
- Qualities of surface, edges and openings
 Architectural systems
experience through movement in space and time

- Approach and entry

- Path configuration and access
- Sequences of space
- Light, view, touch, hearing and smell
 Architectural systems
by means of technology

- Structure and enclosure

- Environmental protection and comfort
- Health, safety and welfare
- Durability
 Architectural systems
Accommodates a program

- User requirements, needs and aspirations

- Socio-cultural factors
- Economic factors
- Legal restraints
- Historic traditions
 Architectural systems
Compatible with its context

- Site and environment

- Climate
- Geography
- Sensory and cultural characteristics of a place
 ARCHITECTURAL ORDERS

It is created when the organization of parts makes visible

their relationships to each other and the structure as a whole. When these
relationships are perceived as mutually reinforcing and contributing to the
singular nature of the whole, then a conceptual order exists—an order that
may well be more enduring than transient perceptual visions.
 Architectural orders
Physical order

- Solids and voids

- Interior and exterior

Systems and organizations of

-space
-structure
-enclosure
-technology / machines
 Architectural orders
Perceptual Order

Sensory perception and recognition of the physical

elements by experiencing them sequentially in time

Systems and organizations of :

- approach and departure
- entry and egress
- movement through the order of spaces
- functioning of and activities within spaces
- qualities of light, color, texture, view, and sound
 Architectural orders
Conceptual order
Comprehension of the ordered or disordered relationships
among a building’s elements and systems, and responding to
the meanings they evoke

Systems and organizations of :

-images
- patterns
- signs
- symbols
- context
LE CORBUSIER’S 5 POINTS OF
ARCHITECTURE