IRREGULAR FORMSTHEORY OF DESIGN

FORM Form is the manner to arrange and co-ordinate the various elements in a

composition to achieve the harmonious whole.

It refers to the internal structure and the external outline and the principles that govern the unity in the whole composition.

TYPES- Regular, irregular, Subtractive, Additive, Centralized, Linear, Radial and Grid forms.

WHILE FORM OFTEN INCLUDES A SENSE OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MASS OR VOLUME, SHAPE REFERS MORE SPECIFICALLY TO THE ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF FORM THAT GOVERNS ITS APPEARANCE-THE CONFIGURATION OR RELATIVE DISPOSITION OF LINES OR CONTOURS THAT DELIMIT A FIGURE OR FORM.

SHAPE The characteristic outline or surface configuration of particular form. shape is the principal aspect by which we identify and categories forms.

SIZE The physical dimensions of length, width and depth of form, while these dimensions determine the properties of a form, its scale is determined by its size relative to the other forms in its contexts.

COLOR A phenomenon of light and visual perception that may be described in terms of an individual’s perception of hue, saturation, and tonal value. it affects the visual weight of a form.

VISUAL PROPERTEIS OF FORM

TEXTURE The visual and especially tactile quality given to a surface by the size, shape, arrangement, and proportion of the parts. Texture also determines the degree to which the surface of a form reflect or absorb incident light.

PROPERTEIS OF FORM POSITION The location of a form relative to

its environment or the visual field within which it is seen.

ORIENTATION The direction of a form relative to the ground plane, the compass points, other forms, or to the person viewing the form.

VISUAL Inertia the degree of concentration and stability of a form, the visual inertia of a form depends on its geometry as well as its orientation relative to the ground plane, the pull of gravity and out line of sight.

IRREGULAR FORMS : Their parts are dissimilar.

They are generally asymmetrical and more dynamic.

They can regular forms from which irregular elements subtracted or irregular composition of regular forms.

Regular forms can be contained within irregular forms and vice versa.

FOR EXAMPLE-• Philharmonic hall, Berlin• Conley playhouse, Riverside, Illinois• Katsura palace, Kyoto, Japan• Mosque of sultan hassan, Cairo, Egypt

Philharmonic Hall, Berlin1956-63Hans Scharoun

IRREGULAR FORM AN IRREGULAR COMPOSITION OF REGULAR FORMS

Courtyard House Project1934Mies Van De Rohe

EXAMPLES

REGULAR FORMS WITHIN ANIRREGULAR COMPOSITION

Katsura palace, Kyoto, Japan17th Century

AN IRREGULAR COMPOSITION OF REGULAR FORMS

Mosque of Sultan Hasan, Cairo, Egypt1356-63

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLESDazzling museum, Germany BY: Frank Gehry

Cinémathèque française BY: Frank Gehry