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Principles of Architectural Ordering

The document discusses the principles of arrangement in architecture, emphasizing the importance of understanding elements, qualities, and criteria for effective organization. It highlights that architects must consciously apply these principles in their designs, which involve analyzing aspects such as space, shape, function, and context. The synthesis of these components leads to a coherent architectural project.

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Principles of Architectural Ordering

The document discusses the principles of arrangement in architecture, emphasizing the importance of understanding elements, qualities, and criteria for effective organization. It highlights that architects must consciously apply these principles in their designs, which involve analyzing aspects such as space, shape, function, and context. The synthesis of these components leads to a coherent architectural project.

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PRINCIPLES OF ARRANGEMENT

THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 2

ARCH. HUGO C. GÓMEZ TONE


The Principles of Sorting
(Edward T. White)

• PRINCIPLE: Rule or idea


fundamental that governs the
thought or behavior
• ORDERING: Action and
effect of ordering, that is,
search for a sequence or
disposition to things or
events according to a plan
or conveniently
• The principles of order are
used in the experiences
daily
• The principles of order are used in everyday experiences:
• Everyoneuses the principles of • However, the architect must be
ordering, but they are used without aware of the principles of
to be aware of it ordering
• The principles of the Architectural Project • The fundamental components of
they are part of the principles of order, for order are:
the Architect must study • The elements
these principles of sorting very
• The qualities
in detail.
• The criteria
• Example 1: pack the bag of • Example 2: planning the schedule of
purchases classes for the semester
• Example 3: sorting books about the • To understand the concept of
desk order we need to analyze the
components
• THE ELEMENTS • The elements can be part of a
everything, a todo or a group of todos
• They must be clear units. It should be
specifically identify what
let's fix or organize and for
at least must exist
two elements
• For example: • To sort them, the elements must
to have the same quality
• THE QUALITIES
• These are the characteristics they have. • The quality that is used for
the elements and are the basis for the elements must be ordered
sort them present in all of them
• It is necessary to define the qualities • To order, each element must
with sufficient specificity for present in a different degree the
identify the degree of differences chosen quality
• THE CRITERIA
• They are the ones who determine what • There are many criteria for
How are they going to be arranged? to arrange any quality
elements particular
• The criteria used for • When an element is found
sorting elements can be out of position in a system of
complex or simple ordering, it is considered
incoherent
• The complexity or simplicity that is • The three essential tasks are:
present in a system will depend
of the elements, the qualities and
the criteria 1. Identificar los elementos críticos
what will be ordered
Which pieces are going to be put in order?
2. Choose from the elements the
appropriate qualities to carry out the
ordering
What aspects of the pieces are
critics?
3. Determine the most
convenient to arrange the items
Knowing the pieces and their appearance
How should they be ordered?
• The choice made of the elements, • CREATIVITY is the ability to
the qualities and the criteria, discover new elements,
determines to a great extent how qualities and criteria
it will be the project
The Ordering Systems
(Edward T. White)
• Designing a building is, in essence, a process of organization where
there are many and varied elements, qualities, and criteria that can
to be employed to design said building

• To analyze this ordering process, we must do it within


of each of the fundamental aspects of architecture such as:
• Space
• Shape (geometry)
• Function
• Context
• Limiting
• To these aspects, from this approach, • Based on the critical aspects of
they are known as the SYSTEMS OF problem, the designer determines the
ORDERING relative importance of systems
of ordering as ways of
focus the problem
• The designer determines in each • The designer must first organize
sorting system, the the elements of highest priority and to
main elements that are going to last the smallest elements
organize, the qualities and the criteria. priority.
• The identification of critical aspects, as well as the selection of principles,
qualities and criteria, allow emphasizing one or several of the systems of
ordering. This whole process constitutes the synthesis of the building

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