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    EASTERN VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY

    College of Architecture and Allied Discipline

    Tacloban City

    Academic Year: 2022-2023

    Assignment No. 1

    In Theory of Architecture

    DESIGN PRINCIPLES

    Submitted by:
    Hastyn Shane M. Borinez
    BSARCH 1B

    SUBMITTED TO:
    Bernie G. Tudio
    INSTRUCTOR
    Design Principles
    Seven principles encompass an interesting design.

    BALANCE

    Balance in design refers to how the visual weight of features on both sides of a design are
    balanced with each other to achieve coherence, completion, and satisfaction. Your
    composition should be balanced vertically, horizontally, diagonally, or backdrop vs
    foreground to achieve optimal balance. It gives a design stability and structure by arranging
    the pieces in such a way that the visual weight of objects, colors, textures, and space is
    distributed, i.e., symmetry. A huge shape at the center, for example, can be balanced by a
    small shape near the periphery.

    Sto. Nino Church Tacloban

    RHYTHM
    A unifying movement distinguished by the systematic recurrence or modification of formal
    components or motifs in the same or modified form. The repetition of features such as lines,
    curves, forms, or colors in architecture results in structured movement in space and time.
    Rhythm in architecture is distinguished by patterns, components or themes at irregular or
    regular intervals. Our eyes may move as we follow pieces in a composition, or our bodies
    may move as we go through a sequence of spaces. In architecture, rhythm is the ordering of
    repeating shapes, elements, and space.

    Sto. Nino Church Tacloban, City

    EMPHASIS

    Emphasis is a tactic used to focus the attention of the viewer to a certain design element. This
    could be to a section of text, an image, a link, or a button, for example. Most fields of design,
    including architecture, landscape design, and fashion design, use focus. It influences the
    design’s visual weight, establishes space and perspective, and frequently resolves where the
    eye travels first when looking at the design. A focal point is a single key visual feature that
    should be present in every design. It is applied to a design element because it is intended to
    be seen or is more essential than the other design elements. In most designs, this region
    conveys a crucial statement. Increased size, vivid color, greater detail, sharp contrast,
    distorted shape, contrasting size (scale), placement and positioning of the composition,
    movement of the image directing the eye to a focal point can all be used to create emphasis.
    Scale can be utilized to draw attention to a main point by making it real size or, more
    dramatically, larger than life size.
    Sto. Nino Church Tacloban, City

    PROPORTION AND SCALE

    Scale and proportion are critical elements in building. The correct and harmonious
    relationship of one part to another or to the total is referred to as proportion, whereas scale
    refers to the size of something in comparison to a reference standard or the size of something
    else (like a human being). The size of an object in proportion to the human figure is also
    described by scale; for example, furniture is created to human scale. The scale of certain
    design aspects on a single item is understood as proportion. These elements include size,
    shape, texture, and color.
    The Ambassador Hotel Tacloban, City

    MOVEMENT

    In architecture, movement is an ordered system of various sorts of movements that are


    stimulated by certain architectural features. Movement may signify several things in
    architecture, and the concept of expressed movement has been widely defined. Contained
    movement, in which the eye, mind, imagined body, or forces are supposed to be moving
    rather than the architecture; and represented movement, in which there is an inference or
    illusion that the architecture is in motion.

    Savemore Tacloban, City

    CONTRAST

    The use of solids vs. voids, light vs. dark, different sizes, and different textures creates
    contrast in architecture. This structure contrasts by having a lot of windows on one side and a
    solid bulk on the other. When two or more visual elements in a composition diverge, contrast
    arises. In design, contrast is used to create impact, emphasize importance, create interesting
    images, and create visual appeal and dynamism. In the realm of visual design, contrast may
    be described as a distinction between two or more components in a composition. The greater
    the difference between the elements, the easier it is to compare and grasp them, and this is
    when they are said to have contrasted with one another.
    RB Coffee Tacloban City

    UNITY

    Unity is the design concept that unites all other principles inside a work, enabling each
    separate aspect to coexist with one another to make an aesthetically attractive design. When
    your elements agree, you have unity. The single most essential purpose of any design is to
    make the whole greater than the sum of its parts. Use repetition, alignment, and proximity
    design concepts to bring visual uniformity to your design, and contrast to add variation and
    intrigue.
    Generation Bread Tacloban, City

    References
    Ahmadi, M. (2019, March 26). Cogent Arts and Humanities. The experience of movement in the built
    form and space: A framework for movement evaluation in architecture, pp. 1-2.

    Ching, F. R. (2022). Proportion and Scale. ARCH 121 – INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURE I, 1-2.

    Gujar, K. (2015, September 21). DESIGNDECODING. Principles of Design: Emphasis or Dominance, p.


    1.

    Parmar, R. (2017). Importance of Rhythm in Architecture. GharPedia, 50-63.

    Wagle, K. (2022). Specialized Prefab. Rethinking The Future, 1-2.

    Wikipedia. (2021). Proportion (architecture). Wikipedia, 1-2.

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