SUBTRACTIVE FORM-

•A FORM CAN BE TRANSFORMED BY SUBTRACTING A PORTION OF ITS VOLUME.

•DEPENDING ON THE EXTENT OF SUBTRACTIVE PROCESS, THE FORM CAN RETAIN ITS
INITIAL IDENTITY OR BE TRANSFORMED INTO A FORM OF ANOTHER CATEGORY.
•FOR EXAMPLE, A CUBE CAN RETAIN ITS IDENTITY AS A CUBE EVEN THOUGH A PORTION OF
IT IS REMOVED,OR CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO SERIES OF REGULAR POLYHEDRONS
THAT LOOK APPROXIMATELY LIKE A SPHERE.

•THE SIMPLE GEOMETRIC FORMS SUCH AS PRIMARY SOLIDS WILL RETAIN THEIR FORMAL
IDENTITIES IF PORTIONS OF THEIR VOLUMES ARE REMOVED WITHOUIT DETERIORATING
THEIR EDGES,CORNERS AND OVERALL PROFILE.
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•THE SPATIAL VOLUMES MAY BE SUBTRACTED FROM A FORM TO CREATE RECESSED

ENTRANCES, POSITIVE COURTYARD SPACES OR WINDOW OPENINGS SHADED BY THE
VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SURFACES OF THE RECESS.
•THE INTERNAL FUNCTIONAL NEEDS LIKE THE VENTILATION, PENETRATION , AIR
MOVEMENT, CONTINUITY AND CIRCULATION ARE SATISFIED.
•ON THE EXTERIOR THE INTERSTING ARCHITECTURAL COMPOSITION IS MADE POSSIBLE.