SENSUOUS AND FORM Kristen Gail Manlapaz

SENSUOUS
(source: Merriam Dictionary)
• SENSUOUS refers to the things that affects the senses in a pleasant way.
• it is pleasant, attractive, or appealing.
• thus, to apply this on the development of the site of Bicol University East Campus
BUILDINGS MUST HAVE ITS AESTHETICAL FACTOR AND POSSESS GOOD
AMBIANCE.

Here are the examples:

Common facilities in BU East Campus:
• Admin Building • Parking Spaces and Sports Facilities
• Comfort Rooms • Library
• Student Canteen • Amphi – Theater
• Student Lounge • School Clinic
• Registrar’s and Cashier’s Office • Guidance Center
• Guard House

In ADMIN BUILDING, we can:

• ADD A hint of color in the building to stimulate the sense of

sight of students.
• ADD some additional wall furnishings on the entrance of the
building.
• Arrange the placement of the plants and greeneries.
• ADD some vertical false walling features to treat the horizontal
appeal of the building and make it look taller.

Admin Building
Registrar’s and Cashier’s Office:

• The area must have a ample space for the students to form a line. The space manipulation is
important to improve the sense of comfort for the students.
• The transaction windows must have an adequate size to improve the sense of workability and
availability.
• The drainage canal must be covered to be aesthetically pleasing.
• Must add a hint of color to building not to make it look plain.
• Improve the finish of the wall. And electrical wirings must be hidden through the use of some
additional furnish.
In ROTC OFFICE, we can ADD:

• Long eaves to easily sheet

off water.
• Add some sun or wind
breakers to treat the effects
of large windows.
• Add a false walling as to
provide a more aesthetic
appeal and not to make it
look plain.
• Add a hint of color.
• Improve the landscaping or
the placement of the
greeneries.
Lecture Rooms
In Lecture rooms we can:

• Improve the landscaping of

the area like improving the
proper placement of
greeneries (trees, plants,
grass) the walkways must be
visible and must be covered
for students’ accessibility.
• Add some false walling to
improve the aesthetics
appeal.
Electrical Engineering Rooms
• Improve the floor finish
• Add some additional wall
furnishings to add a hint of
aesthetics appeal.
• Improve the ceiling works.
• Provide some sun breakers and
wind breakers to the building to
protect it from extreme weather.
• Add a hint of color.
CE Hall
• Improve the floor finish
• Add some additional wall furnishings to add a
hint of aesthetics appeal.
• Provide some sun breakers and wind breakers
to the building to protect it from extreme
weather.
• Add a hint of color.
• Improve the landscaping of the area.
Library • Improve the floor finish
• Add some additional wall furnishings to add a
hint of aesthetics appeal.
• Improve the ceiling works of the area (ceiling
finish and lightings)
• Add a hint of color.
• Improve the landscaping of the area.
 Tennis Court
• Improve the
landscaping of the
area
• Add some color
• Add some covered
area for athletes and
audience. (covered
benches)

Clinic
• Add some vertical
RS Building finishes (like false
walling) to make the
• Add some additional wall furnishings to add a building look bigger
hint of aesthetics appeal. and taller.
• Add some additional lightings to improve the • Add some color
façade. • Add some additional
• Add some sun and wind breakers for aesthetics wall finishing.
and for protection purposes. •
• Add a hint of color.
• Improve the landscaping of the area.
GYM
• Add some contrast to make it look
more appealing.

- add some vertical walls

- add a different color in one
area
• Improve the lightings of the
façade of the building.
• Add some landscaping or
greeneries around the area.
•
LOUNGE AREA
Chemical Engineering Building
• The electric post must be have a
proper distance from the
building.
• Add some sun and wind
breakers.
• Add some vertical false walling
to make the building look taller.
• Add some hint of color to
building.
• Improve the landscaping of the
area.
Research and
Development Center
• Improve the floor finish
• Add some additional wall
furnishings to add a hint of
aesthetics appeal.
• Improve the ceiling works.
• Provide some sun breakers and
wind breakers to the building to
protect it from extreme weather.
• Add a hint of color.
 BUIA Building
• Add some contrast:

- vertical walls
- contrast color
• Add some sun and
wind breakers
• Improve the lighting of
the hallways
• Add some lighting to
the façade of the
building but of
different color
• Improve the
landscaping
• Improve the finish of
the walkways
In BUCIT: Mechanical Technology Building
• Add some contrast:
- vertical walls
- contrast color
• Add some sun and wind
breakers
• Widen the eaves
• Improve the lighting of the
hallways
• Add some lighting to the
façade of the building but of
different color
• Improve the landscaping
• Improve the finish of the
walkways
• Add handrails or guardrails on
the sides of the walkways to
comfort accessibility.
BUCIT Admin Building
• Add some additional wall furnishings to add a hint of
aesthetics appeal.
• Improve the ceiling works of the area (ceiling finish and
lightings)
• Add a hint of color.
• Improve the landscaping of the area.

Food Technology Building

• Add some vertical walls to make the building look taller
• Add a lighter hint of color.
• Add lightings on the façade and the hallways
• Improve the landscaping of the area.
 Automotive
Technology Building
• Add some vertical walls to make the
building look taller
• Add a hint of color to make the
façade look plain.
• Add lightings on the façade and the
hallways
• Improve the landscaping of the
area.
• add handrails and guardrails on the
sides of the walkways.
• Add some sun and wind breakers
• Widen the eaves
Civil Technology
Building
• Add some contrast:
- vertical walls
- contrast color
• Add some sun and wind
breakers
• Widen the eaves
• Improve the lighting of
the hallways
• Add some lighting to the
façade of the building
but of different color
• Improve the landscaping
• Improve the finish of the
walkways
• Widen the eaves.
• May change the form of
the building as contrast
and to be aesthetically
appealing on the
elevations.
Food Technology Building
• Add some contrast:
- vertical walls
- contrast color
• Add some sun and wind breakers
• Widen the eaves
• Improve the lighting of the hallways
• Add some lighting to the façade of
the building but of different color
• Improve the landscaping
• Improve the finish of the walkways
• Widen the eaves.
• May change the form of the building
as contrast and to be aesthetically
appealing on the elevations.
Garments and
Fashion Design
Building
• Improve the ceiling works.
• Add some lightings
• Widen the hallways.
• Add some color
DESCRIPTIONS Form
Shape
FORM
* Form refers to the shape or configuration of a building.
* Form and its opposite, space, constitute primary elements of
architecture.
* The reciprocal relationship is essential, given the intention of
architecture to provide internal sheltered space for human
occupation.
* Both form and space are given shape and scale in the design
process.
 FORM
* The placement of a building form in relation to its immediate site and
neighboring buildings is another crucial aspect of this form/space
relationship.
* For instance, consider the difference between an infill building that fits
tightly within its' site boundaries (leaving no unoccupied space on the site,
except perhaps a defined outdoor courtyard) and a freestanding building
located within a large expanse of parking.
* Without the aid of other space-defining forms such as trees, fences, level
changes, and so forth, it is very difficult for a large space to be defined
or satisfactorily articulated by most singular forms.
SHAPE
1. Shape refers to the configuration of surfaces and edges of a
two- or three-dimensional object. We perceive shape by contour or
silhouette, rather than by detail.
2. Primary shapes, the circle, triangle, and square, are used to
generate volumes known as "platonic solids." A circle generates the
sphere and cylinder, the triangle produces the cone and pyramid,
and the square forms the cube. Combinations of these platonic
solids establish the basis for most architectural shapes and forms.
SHAPE
3. Volumetric shapes contain both solids and voids, or exteriors and
interiors. Some shapes are formed through an additive process,
while other shapes are conceptually subtracted from other solids.
4. Shape preferences may be culturally based or rooted in
personal memory, or convention. For example, a dome or steeple
may connote religious architecture in some cultures, while an
American child's drawing of a house often depicts a square shape
with pitched roof—a shape that many houses do not possess in our
culture.
In ROTC OFFICE, we can ADD:

• Long eaves to easily sheet

off water.
• Add some sun or wind
breakers to treat the effects
of large windows.
• Add a false walling as to
provide a more aesthetic
appeal and not to make it
look plain.
• Add a hint of color.
• Improve the landscaping or
the placement of the
greeneries.