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020			_a9781138549906
082			_a720.28 _bBAL
100			_aBalmer, Jeffrey _968793
245			_aDiagramming the big idea : methods for architectural composition
250			_aEd.2
260			_aNew York _bRoutledge _c2019
300			_axviii,307p.
505			_aCONTENTS Forward to the second edition - xi Forward to the first edition - xiii Acknowledgements - xvii I -Setting the stage 1- Introduction Read me first! - 1 Why read this book? - 2 What is architecture? - 3 Organization, order, composition- 3 Utility, function, purpose- 4 Measure & matter - 5 Design & method- 6 Strategies & tactics - 6 The structure of the narrative - 7 The sequence of the chapters - 7 The role of precedents- 9 The point of departure- 10 Glossary of terms - 11 DETAILS 1-ORDER & MEASURE From the divine to the secular- 13 DEMONSTRATION 1 1 Organizational figures - 17 DEMONSTRATION 1 2 The courtyard schema - 19 DEMONSTRATION 1 3 Courtyards as objects - 20 DEMONSTRATION 1'4 Additional courtyard schemata -22 2 - Sorting through ideas Diagrams as method- 25 Diagram types - 26 Diagramming & design education- 27 Learning diagrammatic form - 28 Gestalt sub-categories- 29 The diagram & visual order - 29 Our purpose - 30 Glossary of terms - 32 DETAILS 2 - THE ESSENTIAL HUT Indigenous diagrams - 35 DEMONSTRATION 2 1 Diagrams & contexts - 39 DEMONSTRATION 2 2 Plan as diagram - 41 3 - Order first On order- 43 On measure - 45 Dividing the square - 46 Rules of engagement - 48 Positive & negative space -so Order & the orthogonal - so Glossary of terms - 53 DETAILS 3- ORDER, ORIENTATION & THE ORTHOGONAL The gridded city- 55 DEMONSTRATION 3 1 Gestalt defined- 59 DEMONSTRATION 3 2 Gestalt readings of basic form - 63 II -The first project set 4 - Design & drawing fundamentals On drawing - 71 Relevance to design - 72 Deriving order in drawing - 72 Exercises in relational geometry - 73 Defined & implied space- 74 Analyzing the composition - 77 Three variant compositions - 77 Observing contrast, repetition, alignment & proximity - 79 The variations considered - 79 General observations - So Motif, pattern & theme - 81 Defined fields - 82 Sorting through results - 85 Implied fields - 87 Adding fields - 88 Combiningfields-89 Summary - 90 Glossary of terms - 91 DETAILS 4- THE COURTYARD Figure-ground & solid-void- 93 DEMONSTRATION 4 1 1 Figures & field in variation - 97 DEMONSTRATION 4 1 2 Variation & elaborations - 98 DEMONSTRATION 4 1 3 Variation & elaborations - 100 DEMONSTRATION 4 2 Further variations - 102 DEMONSTRATION 4 3 Contrast, repetition, alignment & proximity- 104 II -The second project set 5 - Building on proportion Object on a field - 111 A figure in the relational field - 111 Looking at the groups - 116 Selecting & analyzing an aggregate composition- 117 Adding to the quadrants - 118 Twoelements-118 Refining the figures - 122 Observing the new figures - 122 Observing the new group - 123 Glossary of terms - 125 DETAILS 5- FIGURES & FIELDS Objects & space - 127 DEMONSTRATION 5 1 Regulating lines dividing space- 131 DEMONSTRATION 5 2 Figures & their construction- 134 DEMONSTRATION 5 3 Field, grain & path - 138 6 - Conventions in design Drawing in the third dimension - 143 Adding fields & overhead planes - 144 Turning the grid - 148 Reading the section- 148 A final model - 152 Glossary of terms - 155 DETAILS 6 - AXIS & PATH Lines, planes & volumes - 157 III- The third project set 7 - Starting in three dimensions Design on a grid - 163 The site - 164 Three figures - 164 Spatial models - 166 Volume, form & space: an example - 167 Visualizing connection with constructed axes- 169 The gestural nexus - 169 Spatial hierarchy: field grain & path - 174 Clarifying plan elements - 176 The new grid- 176 Strategy set - 176 Tactical definitions & variations - 177 A final remark - 178 Glossary of terms - 180 DETAILS 7- SPATIAL SYSTEMS Frames, planes & cells - 181 DEMONSTRATION 7 1 Axial volumes - 185 DEMONSTRATION 7 2 Additional composition models - 186 8 - Model s & diagrams More complex approaches to strategies - 191 Strategy definitions - 191 Tactical themes & variations- 192 Tactics expanded - procedure & results - 193 Three-dimensional diagrams - 196 Combined diagram models - 200 Planning the final model - 206 Fragments models - 207 The final model - 209 Conclusion - 213 Glossary of terms - 214 DETAILS 8 - THRESHOLD & BOUNDARY Containment & connection- 215 DEMONSTRATION 8 1 Axial volumes - 219 DEMONSTRATION 8 2 1 Alternate tactical diagrams - 220 DEMONSTRATION 8 2 2 Additional hybrid tactical diagrams - 222 DEMONSTRATION 8 3 Demonstration model- 224 DEMONSTRATION 8 4 Demonstration drawings - 226 DEMONSTRATION 8 s 1 Assembly images - 228 DEMONSTRATION 8 5 2 Alternate model #1- 230 DEMONSTRATION 8 5 3 Alternate model #2 - 232 IV- Precedents 9 - Precedent diagrams in two dimensions Introduction - 235 Two concepts - 235 Two expressions - 236 Two dimensions - 236 Two projects - 237 House with Three Courts - 237 The Danteum - 246 Glossary of terms - 252 DETAILS 9- WHAT AN ARCHITECT SEES Margaret Esherick house - 255 10 - Precedent diagrams in three dimensions Introduction- 261 Representing the third dimension - 262 Phillips Exeter Academy Library - 263 Unity Temple - 271 Diagram as generator - 276 Glossary of terms - 277 DETAILS 10 -THE LANGUAGE OF COLOR Color as a subject - 279 Glossary of color terms - 289 V- Resources Master glossary of terms - 292 Index 301
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700			_aSwisher, Michael T. _968794
890			_aUSA
891			_aGeneral
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