01. INTRODUCTION 01
1.1 Overview 01
1.2 Aim & Objectives 02
1.3 Scope and Limitations 02
1.4 Methodology & Framework 04
1.5 Literature Review 04
02. COMPREHENDING DETAIL 07
2.1 Definition of a detail 09
2.1.1 Junction as Details
2.1.2 Detailing as a part of design process
2.2 Spatiality of an Interior Environment 11
2.3 Elements composing an interior environment 12
2.3.1 Space-Making Elements
2.3.1.1 Planes
2.3.1.2 Objects
2.3.2 Elements of Qualitative Attributes
2.3.2.1 Sequence
2.3.2.2 Threshold
2.3.2.3 Light
2.3.2.4 Expression
2.4 Detail: Architecture at its smallest 16
03. DECIPHERING DETAIL 19
3.1 Interiority: Emergence of Details in an interior space 21
3.1.1 Menil Collection, Houston, U.S.A
3.2 Tectonics of a space-making element
3.2.1 Olivetti Showroom, Venice, Italy 25
3.3 Parameters to measure the magnitude of a space-making element 28
(Framework based on the book 'Concept to Detailing')
3.3.1 Function | 3.3.2 Construction | 3.3.3 Aesthetic
04. ASSESSING DETAIL 31
4.1 Relational Syntax of an interior environment 33
4.1.1 Bakery Gondodoce, Porto, Portugal
4.1.2 Crafts Deli, Mumbai, India
4.2 Characterizing the relational syntax 44
05. CATEGORIZING DETAIL 47
5.1 Responsive Details 49
5.1.1 Intervened Details
5.1.2 Inserted Details
5.1.3 Installed Details
5.2 Autonomous Details 51
5.2.1 Disguised Details
5.2.2 Assembled Details
5.2.3 Combined Details
06. ANALYZING DETAIL: Case-Studies 55
6.1 Parameters for selecting case-studies 57
6.2 Characterizing relational triad 58
6.3 Parameters for analyzing detail 59
6.4 Ikibana Paral Restaurant, Barcelona, Spain 63
6.5 Le Georges Cafe, Centre De Pompidou, Paris, France 77
6.6 Indigo Deli, Mumbai, India 91
6.7 Inferences 104
07. CONCLUSION 107
08. EPILOGUE 117
09. BIBLIOGRAPHY 119
10. ILLUSTRATION CREDITS 123