ASC 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Theatre Of Ancient Greece, Rumah Melayu, Connecticut Compromise
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Analysing architecture week 5 themes in spatial organization. Structure not only holds a building up but is also important in the organization of space. Space and structure relate in the sense of structural order, spatial order, and their harmony. Choice of structural strategy must relate to intended spatial organisation. Structural geometry suggests a rectilinear organisation of space, occasionally, circular. Ancient greek theatres illustrates a great compromise between structure and spatial organisation. The theatres satisfied social needs, as well as structural necessities for stability. In the case of telestrion at eleusis and thersilion at megalopolis, structure obstructs spatial organisation as the columns blocks the view of the viewers from the stage. Structure or patterns of it may define space, as in the case of hagia sophia in istanbul. Medieval churches illustrate the intimate relationship between structure and space. Walls do not necessarily bear loads; loads are carried by other structural forms, timber-frame.
