experiencing architecture by steen eiler rasmussen

The power of the golden section has to create harmony comes from its unique capacity unite different parts of a whole so that each preserves its own identity, and yet blends into the grater pattern of a single whole. Mathematically speaking the golden Section rule is : a/b = b/(a+b) Its definition is : A line section is divided according to the golden section when it is composed of two unequal parts where the first is to the second as the is stands to the whole.The golden section can be seen almost everywhere in nature. This is the proportion that has gathered much attention over time. Is an other type of scale where the artist intentionally distort the sizes of object to create a certain effect (abnormal or supernatural effect ) It refers also to the relative size of the parts of an object. Proportion is the comparison we make with the sizes of the objects compared to our own human bodies. (larger means very important and smaller means less important.) Here size communicates the importance of something. There are two types of illusions: EBBINGHAUS ILLUSION and MULLER-LYER ILLUSION

This changes the way we perceive the dimensions of that object. Visual scale does not deal with the real dimensions of the object, but with the optical illusions that are created when this object creates relationships with other objects. In architecture scale is used to specify the relationship between the drawing and the real building.

It also a mathematical relationship the object an the measurable scale quantity. Scale is related to how we perceive the size of something always comparing it to a standard reference or an other object. Rasmussen compares them not only by emphasising their different ways of proportion and organisation they used, but also showing their similarities.By doing so he gives the meaning of scale and proportion. In his book Rasmussen gives several examples of buildings with great importance in architecture and in understanding scale an proportion.The most important among them are Villa Foscari's designed by Palladio and villa in Garches designedby Le Corbusier.

Experiencing architecture by steen eiler rasmussen