Lecture 3 Tangible and Intangible in Architecture
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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THEORY II LECTURE 3 TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE IN ARCHITECTURE
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TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE IN ARCHITECTURE
Tangible is that which can be touched. Only physical things can be touched. So all physical things are tangible.
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• Intangible is that which can be only experienced. • Normally it is the qualitative aspect that can not be touched but is experienced such as beauty, goodness, delight, joy, happiness and the like.
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Art Form - Dance
Dance
Human Expression
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Anger
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As tangibility relates to physicality, it is measurable. Intangible aspects are abstract and therefore not measurable. Beauty and goodness can not be weighed or measured.
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Tangibility therefore deals with the physical world and intangibility with the philosophical world. Tangibility and intangibility can also be seen as the measurable and the immeasurable. The quality of physical existence and of evoking reactions that are abstract are found in all man made objects. 22 april 14
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Why does this image ‘feel’ good? Why is it called ‘beautiful’? What are the aspects that make it a visual delight? If these issues are kept in mind a designer can create beautiful things.
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What is the reaction on seeing this visual? If it is good, try to find out why it is so and if one does not like it, one should try to find out why it is not likable or what would make it better. 22 april 14
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How would you like to live in this house? This is “Falling Waters’ by Frank Lloyd Wright. Try to note what makes this house so interesting.
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This is not very pretty. It is important to figure out why it is not pretty so that the designer can avoid making the mistakes that stop this from becoming pretty.
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There is a ‘feel’ of plasticity in this architecture. This has come about by the curved lines for all the elements used to create this spatial organization. The curved line is the tangible reason for the intangible reaction.
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Note the difference in the two spatial environments. How has this difference been created?
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TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE IN ARCHITECTURE Note the differences in these bedrooms.
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The previous slide showed views that created different reactions. To find why these different reactions were created, it is necessary to quantify the reasons. Ultimately a designer has to finally give dimensions and allocate materials to create designs.
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Architecture in its final manifestation is a physical object but both its creation and the reactions it produces are intangible. An architect endeavors to create objects that produce positive reactions in the users and viewers. A designer or a creator, therefore, has to convert the intangible into the tangible. 22 april 14
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If a building or a spatial organization is found to be beautiful, a designer has to identify the aspects that make it beautiful. This would entail the conversion of the intangible into the tangible. The object could be beautiful because of the form, proportions, colors or textures which are quantifiable as these are physical qualities. 22 april 14
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A designer has to learn to perceive the intangibles and convert it into tangibles so that these could be associational facts for future designs.
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