ARCH 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Composite Order, Princeton Architectural Press, Philippe De La Hire

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Architecture Theory/History
• Course: ARCH 2300
• Professor: Inderbir Riar

Document Summary

Time period: runs parallel to the consolidation of french absolutism and reaches its peak in the reign of louis xiv. Characteristics of french architecture: national characteristics and a close connection with the practicalities of building. Questions of cost, comfort and inhabitants" social status are of primary importance. Books on the orders and treatises on domestic building is popular. Pierre le muet: published book on domestic architecture; mani re de bien bastir pour toutes sortes de personnes (1623). Muet repeats the vitruvian concepts, but with a new emphasis: dur e (vitruvius: firmitas), aisance ou commodit (vitruvius utilitas), la belle ordonnance (vitruvius: venustas), la sant des appartements (vitruvius: utilitas) Commodit : requires that a room with a width of 22-24 feet should have a length of 34-36 feet. Large rooms should be in the proportion of 1:2, small rooms should be square.