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28 Ludmila 150254 Text
28 Ludmila 150254 Text
at the elementary stage of training as well as for training graduate students and
practising architects.
Mission and goals: Practical teaching students to the laws of form building,
formation of stable notions of mutual influence of form qualities and content, spatial
thinking development.
Methodology: The training takes place in the process of practical modeling in the
form of graphic black and white pictures and volumetric – spatial models of white
an independent task in training architects. The syllabus is divided into two sections:
according to the principle "from the simple to the complicated" and "from the general
to the particular".
INTRODUCTION
of the course lies the development of volumetric – spatial thinking stages, the
harmony and proportionality sense formation. This method was proposed and
adopted in the 1920-ies of the XX century in the architectural school of Russia and
In our time the formed theory of composition has the sections dealing with
Syllabus considers the themes: "The Properties of Architectural Forms", "The Means
of architectural forms, paying attention to size, mass, position in space, texture, light
and shade, color and other form qualities. On this base new geometric archi-types are
produced: flat ones (a circle, square, rectangle) and spatial (a ball, cube,
forms archi-types or the breakdown of one form for its complication and
represented as a plane, volume or space. In accordance with this there are three basic
The use in the process of modeling of volumetric – spatial forms of the set of
tools described above allows to get composition decisions, bearing some informative
load. In this case one can speak of qualitatively different, rich in content
course is designed. The general course design structure is represented by the scheme.
Physical properties
VOLUMETRIC-SPATIAL MODELLING
Properties of
Form Architectural Types of
architectural
properties composition means
Rhythm composition
compositionDynamics
Frontal
composition
Form Proportion Infinity
Content characteristics
Structural organisation
Artistic qualities
other
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form of setting up a training task. This approach makes a creative dialogue between a
"contents" and "impression of the contents" and is divided into two parts. The first
tasks), the second one considers complex modeling (4 tasks). The students do all the
The 1st part: exercises are fulfilled in two stages. First comes graphic
modeling. The author suggests his decision as a linear composition in two 10× 10 cm
squares, in black Indian ink. The use of lines, strokes and points is allowed. The
following themes – pairs are proposed: bionic character - technical character, chaotic
character"
character" exercise
Fig.3. An example of the graphic stage exercise on "Chaotic state – Regulating state"
state" exercise
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exercise
exercise
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exercise
Character"
Fig. 12. An example of model implementation for the "Dynamic character – Static
Character" exercise
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"beginning" and an "end" in each composition for all four tasks. There exists a
themes are proposed: "The Growth", "The Regulating", "The Structure", "The
Movement Space".
composition and model its development in 4 phases. The methods for growth features
exposition are: an increase in the quantity of elements, plastic changes and increase in
composition made up for every phase is to possess integrity, unity and artistic
performance.
necessary for the formulation of the main idea, scenario and the formation of
composition methods (See Fig.13 and 14). After that the model made of white paper
is performed.
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"initial elements" (typical details). These details can be repeated, grouped, they can
shift their position in space without changing their form. They can make up
development on the base of the initial elements repetition and their combinations.
The work is carried out in two stages: a graphic search of the idea, the
use of composition methods it is necessary to put the elements in order and bring in
the meaning in 3-4 stages without changing the elements form and quantity. It is
The work is carried out in 2 stages: a graphic research of the idea, regulating
30× 30× 30 cm ribs (cube – frame), which outline the space “border”, where
and outer space. The way (movement trajectory inside the cube) is modeled
according to the scenario, in which the movement character (active, passive), the
degree of junctions space saturation (a lot of reference points, signs, etc) are
designed. Therefore, the way is formed by the linear parts (“ramps”, “staircases”,
(orientation points and “indicators” for the movement, totems, decorations). The end
of the way (“exit”) is looked upon as a break-through into open space. Shape,
the elements composition ties are to represent an idea of the movement character. The
The work is performed in 2 stages: the working model implementation for the
exercise