BASIC

DESIGN
PRINCIPLES

by Mdm Nur Mazidah Che Ghani

Department of Architecture, University of Malaya. 0.5 – 09.11.20
FORM, SPACE
&
ORDER
FUNDAMENTALS
SHAPE
The  external  form,  contours,  or  outline  of  
someone  or  something.  
 
2-­‐Dimensional  

FORM
The  visible  shape  or  configura3on  of  
something.  
 
The  shape  and  structure  of  something  as  
dis3nguished  from  its  material  
 
3-­‐Dimensional  
BASIC POLYGONS
SPACE
Space  is  the  boundless  three-­‐dimensional  
extent  in  which  objects  and  events  have  
rela3ve  posi3on  and  direc3on.  
 
Space  encompasses  the  volume  of  a  structure,  
the  parts  of  a  building,  internal  or  external,  
that  we  move  through  or  experience.  
 
Space  is  one  of  the  elements  of  design  of  
architecture  
 
 
 
SPACE
Architectural  designs  are  created  by  carving  
space  out  of  space,  crea3ng  space  out  of  
space,  and  designing  spaces  by  dividing  this  
space  using  various  tools,  such  as  geometry,  
colours,  and  shapes.  
ORDER
The  arrangement  or  disposi3on  of  people  or  
things  in  rela3on  to  each  other  according  to  a  
par3cular  sequence,  paBern,  or  method.  
 
An  arrangement  either  in  rela3on  to  one  
another  or  according  to  a  par6cular  
characteris6c.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reference:  Studio  9.com  
RECAP:  
RECAP:  

ADJACENT  
RECAP:  
UNESCO  Medita3on  Space  by  Tadao  Ando  
Dresden  Museum  of  Military  by  Daniel  Liebiskind  
Dominion  Office,  Moscow  by  Zaha  Hadid  Architects  
Advice:  
 
Draw  in  grid,  
to  a  point,  
to  an  order.  
 
Must  have  
Dimensions  

End.