Form, Space and Order
Form, space and order are the 3 concepts that the discipline of architecture works in, and they are the 3 that the building is made of, because a building is a form that holds a space and the 2 are set on an order. The discipline of architecture is the design of the 3 together, and the building is the object where the 3 meet, the mass that is the form, the inside that is the space, and the plan that is the order. This page explains the 3 concepts and says how they work together in the building of the discipline of architecture.
The form of the building
The form of the building is the shape of the mass, and it is the concept of the discipline of architecture that the eye reads first, because the form is what the building is when it is seen from outside. The form is the volume that the building takes, the box, the slab or the tower, and it is the shape that the architect sets before the inside is worked, and the 2 that are the standard of the concept are the pure form of the cube and the free form of the curve. The cube is the form that the modern movement of the 20th century took as its signature, and it is the form that the building of that field is set in, and the free form is the shape that the contemporary building takes, the curve that the software of the discipline of architecture draws. The form is the mass of the building, and the discipline of architecture is the field that sets the form, the shape of the building that the eye reads before it reads the space of the inside.
The space of the building
The space of the building is the inside that the form holds, and it is the concept of the discipline of architecture that the body moves through, because the space is what the building is for the person who is in it. The space is the void that the form encloses, the room and the hall and the passage, and it is the part of the building that the person lives in, and the 2 that are the standard of the concept are the room and the open plan. The room is the space that the wall encloses, and it is the unit of the building that the person moves from to the person in the next room, and the open plan is the space that the wall does not enclose, and it is the form of the building that the modern movement of the discipline of architecture set, the space that the person moves through without the wall between. The space is the inside of the building, and the discipline of architecture is the field that designs the space, the void that the form holds and the person moves through.
The order of the building
The order of the building is the plan that the form and the space are set on, and it is the concept of the discipline of architecture that the building stands on, because the order is the arrangement that the parts of the building take on the ground. The order is the grid or the plan that the column and the wall stand on, and it is the logic that the building follows, and the 2 that are the standard of the concept are the grid and the free plan. The grid is the order that the building of the classical field stands on, the set of lines that the column is set on, and it is the order that the building follows from the floor to the roof, and the free plan is the order that the building of the modern movement of the discipline of architecture set, the plan that the wall does not follow the grid of. The order is the plan of the building, and the discipline of architecture is the field that sets the order, the arrangement that the form and the space stand on, the logic of the building from the ground up.
The 3 concepts of the discipline of architecture are the form, the space and the order, and the building is the object where the 3 meet, the mass that is the form, the inside that is the space and the plan that is the order. The form is what the eye reads, the space is what the body moves through, and the order is what the building stands on, and the 3 are the field of the discipline of architecture, the 3 that the building of the field is made of and the 3 that the work of the field is set on.