Theory of Architecture (ICA Review)

It is a comparison showing differences, the opposite of similarity

• Rhythm

• Character

• Proportion

• Contrast

Most elementary means of organizing forms and spaces in architecture

• Balance

• Axis

• Scale

• Character

Characterized by an arrangement where all the part radiate from a center like the spikes on a wheel

• Radial

• Formal

• Centralized

• Unsymmetrical

It means equality

• Rhythm

• Contrast

• Formal

• Balance

It gives a feeling of grandeur, dignity, and monumentality

• Centralized

• Radial

• Scale

• Balance

When lines, planes, and surface treatments are repeated in a regular sequence

• Balance

• Rhythm

• Contrast

• Proportion

It is evident by a comparison which the eye makes between the size, shape, and tone of a various object or part of a competition

• Proportion

• Rhythm

• Scale

• Balance

These systems are based on the dimension and proportion of the human body

• Proportion

• Balance

• Anthropometrics

• Anthropometric proportion

The size of a building element or space relative to the dimensions and proportion of human body

• Generic scale

• Visual scale

• Human scale

• Mechanical scale

The art and science of building design and construction

• Architecture

• Theory

• Visual scale

• Rhythm