PROPOSITION AND ORGANISATION

                                      


                              PROPOSITION & ORGANISATION

  Spatial geometry, proportion and organization have been central discourse in architecture for centuries, but their hierarchical relationship among them have varied. Three texts that I studies by Andrea Palladio, Le Corbusier and Colin Rowe have different thoughts of proportion and organization. In architecture, the concept of “space” is the system of architects define and enclose space, creating bounded areas for human daily activities.

  The most striking difference between Palladio’s point of view and Le Corbusier’s point of view on proportion and organization may be more fundamental than this. One was the emphasis on centrality, symmetry, and the plan. The second was an emphasis on dispersion, asymmetry and the elevation. These were the difference not only between Palladio’s and Le Corbusier’s theories but also the difference between two generation of architects, between two paradigms of architecture.

  Spatial geometry:  Affects acoustic and views, as well as one sense of enclosure or openness

  Spatial proportion:  A proper or desirable relationship of symmetry. Be used to imply different uses- A long, low, narrow space. Example, suggest movement, while a space that is more cubic, more equal in length, height and width. A sense of bigness or smallness

  Spatial organization:  Determine separation or connection between similar or dissimilar uses, helps to clarify aspects of use, such as public vs private, and establishes similarity or contrast between space such as qualities, scale, material

  The role of organization in architecture is to determine the separation or connection between similar or dissimilar uses, helps to clarify aspects of use and establishes similarity or contrast between spaces. These are two ideas of organization in architecture which are organizational spaces and organizational design. In the text given, Andera Palladio’s idea on organization is to lace the owner living quarters on the top level and hiding the less aesthetic parts of the building such as kitchen and servant quarters. While Le Corbusier highlighted on his planning of the houses, with mainly focused on the idea of circulation within house.

  Proportion is an important connection between mathematics and art in the central principle of architectural theory. It is the visual effect of the relationship of the various objects and space that make up a structure to one another and to the whole. In particular harmonious, proper or desirable relationship and the balance of symmetry.

  The proposition and organization mostly related to the spaces of the building. A
 well proportion and organization building well control the quality of a building. Every spaces needs to be organize with right position and with correct proportion. For example, we cannot design toilet bigger than living area (proportion) and axis with the entrance (organization) which would see in directly because it would make people feels weird in this ridiculous design. To architecture today, organization is something influenced by human behavior or lifestyle while proportion is more toward to physically thing to create the right sensation of visual effect.

“proportion provokes sensation” – Le Corbusier

  Architect not only like to play with the form of the building. They also like to make the space more meaningful and to create sensation. The harmony of these relationship could be also creating comfortable atmosphere and make the people incomprehensibly like the space. This is why most of the famous building can  bring naturally comfortable in space. Architect today would be organizing their building more to nature which is proving not only greenery to the building to the building also enhancing the visual effect and peace feeling. Proposition and organization also can be combine to provide a strong sensation to human.

CASE STUDY:

All cedar house, Shigeru ban

 The proportion of this building is designed with free plan with flat roof and some vertical and horizontal planes which create a series of carefully configured living space. The organization of space the make this building Have sense of seclusion and privacy A large communal living space spills out onto an external terrace, providing residents with a secluded terrace bathed in natural light. The organization of the partitions within the space establish and define the dwelling’s relationship with its context.

 The organization of space: more intimate areas of the home are found at the center of the single story plan

  



Organization of the walls: desired external sightlines. These walls not only frame the views, but also function conceal neighbouring house and roads- ensuring a sense of seclusion and privacy

This building is just simple defined by the organization and proportion within aesthetic. This building also explain the combination of proportion and organization would bring out the sensation of human. At then same time it would enhance the quality of interior space.

CASE STUDY

  Yotsukaido Satsuki Kindergarten, by Mitsuru senda built in 2007. The building serve for a child education centre and it shows the effort of architects on carefully planning out the proportion and organization wisely. The circulation of the entire building was configurated along the central corridor, which defines each of the functional space clearly upon entry. Furthermore, organization of each space are design in a way that is best suit to its adjacent components. Like the kid nursery rooms has the direct access to the kindergarten yard and open stage, which the architects strategically to allow bigger possibility of activities to occur between spaces.

  The composition with lights, the invention of day lighting into interior space in this building to persuade people that the existence of central things. Similarity shows with the fundamental idea of “I compose with light”- Le Corbusier. Mitsuru senda was actually exposing his interior space, shape of room, features, texture etc. upon the arrival of light through windows or openings

  Proportionally, this particular kindergarten avoiding to include any massive pillars or components, even the ceiling, windows, roof truss have designed with closer ratio to each other. In fact all the dimension of components are actually derived from each other, thus to have a lighter scale in common. Reason to the emphasis on scale harmonized was children were the main occupants to this building, best effort achieved by the architects in generating space with warmth, perfect study place for children.

      

  

      

 Despite various of architectural approach to perform a design, it should be contributed to how the building were organized and proportioned. During the past, contrast shown that Le Corbusier wanted a design that is dispersed and symmetry while palladio would rather to go for centrality and symmetry. In fact, both architects were doing their design right, due to their commonality on conviction were doing their design right, due to their commonality on conviction about ideal proportion as common belief. Fundamental idea of proportion and organization were in need as a guideline.

Reference 

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