Selected Bibliography Architecture - Form Space and Order | Page 186

Q U A LIT IE S OF A RC H I T E C T URA L S PA C E

Bay Window of the Living Room, Hill House, Helensburgh, Scotland, 1902–03, Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Chapter 2 discusses the impact of shape, surface, and edges on our
perception of form. Chapter 6 presents the issues of dimensions,
proportion, and scale. While the first part of this chapter outlines
how basic configurations of linear and planar elements define volumes
of space, this concluding section describes how the size, shape, and
location of openings or voids within the enclosing forms of a space
influence the following qualities of a room:
• degree of enclosure. . . . .the form of the space
• view or outlook . . . . . . . . .the focus of the space
• light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .the illumination of its surfaces and forms

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