Go BackThe Role and Use of Color in Ornamentation and Building Systems for Creating Wholeness in Structures
Fall 1976
Contents
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Arch. 207, Fall 1976: Color Theory - Properties of Color
01/09/1976
16 pages of student’s theory observations and notes, followed by project drawings. Pattern sketches with color, hand painted.
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Arch. 207, Fall 1976: Ornament and Structure of Building Systems
01/09/1976
35 pages of student’s theory observations and notes on building systems, followed by project drawings. Building facades and details seen as ornaments.
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Arch. 207, Fall 1976: Spatial Organization - Floor Plans as Ornament
01/09/1976
11 pages of floor plan sketches and some elevations seen as ornament.
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References
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Color and Inner Light: The Eleven Color Properties
Christopher Alexander postulated that centers and the field of centers they create are the building blocks from which wholeness is made. However, he further argued that geometry alone is not sufficient, and that color is the way wholeness comes to ...
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Ornament and Function as Products of Unfolding
Ornament arises as part of the design process, when a person is making and seeks to embellish this "something" while making it. It arises as a result of the latent centers in the uncompleted thing requiring still more centers, requiring ...
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Wholeness and the Theory of Centers
Christoper Alexander defined and described wholeness as an idea to view and shape space, and searched for ways to formulate and represent wholeness in precise terms, as a structure. He idenfied the entities with 'strength' give structure to what is ...