CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION TO THE RESEARCH TOPIC 4
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Need for study
1.3 Research Proposal
2. UNDERSTANDING THE TERMS 10
2.1 Street Edges
2.2 Visual Perception
2.2.1 Mechanism of Perception
2.2.2 Gestalt’s laws of Form Perception
2.2.3 Space Perception
2.3 Layering
2.4 Transparency
2.4.1 Transparency in Paintings
2.4.2 Transparency in Architecture
2.4.3 Layering and Transparency Correlation
2.5 Composition
3. CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF THE LAYERS 24
3.1 Layers in Commercial Streets
3.2 Classification of Layers
3.3 Factors of Composition in Layering
3.4 Spatial Relationship between Elements
4. CASE STUDY - THREE STREETS 34
4.1 Framework of Analysis
4.2 Case study 1: Relief Road
4.3 Case study 2: C.G. Road
4.4 Case study 3: S.G. Highway
5. INFERENCES 94
5.1 Comparative Analysis
5.2 Conclusions
ILLUSTRATION AND IMAGE CREDITS
BIBLIOGRAPHY