Table of Contents

Table of Contents

My Design Philosophy

Introduction

Personal Design Philosophy

Design Philosophy Collage

Primary Elements

Point
Line
Plane
Volume

Form

Primary Solids
Dimensional Transformation
Subtractive Forms
Additive Forms

Centralized Forms

Linear Forms

Radical Forms

Clustered Forms

Grid Forms

Formal Collision of Geometry

Circle + Square Rotated Grid Articulation of Form Edges + Cornered Surfaces

Form + Space

Form + Space: The Unity of Opposites

Defining Space with Horizontal Elements

The Base Plane

Elevated Planes

Depressed Plane

The Overhead Plane

Defining Space with Vertical Linear Elements

Single Vertical Plane

L-Shaped Planes

Parallel Planes

U-Shaped Planes

Closure

Qualities of Architectural Space

Degree of Closure

Light

View

Openings in Space-Defining Elements 

Within Planes

At Corners

Between Planes

Organization

Spatial Relationships

Space within a Space

Interlocking Spaces

Adjacent Spaces

Spaces Linked by a Common Space

Spatial Organizations

Centralized Organization

Linear Organization

Radial Organization

Clustered Organization

Grid Organization

Circulation

Building Approach

Building Entrances 

Configuration of the Path

Path-Space Relationships

Form of the Circulation Space