CCT204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ernst Haeckel, Syntax, Affordance
21 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
CCT204H5F - DESIGN THINKING I (SUMMER 2018)
University of Toronto Mississauga | Sheridan College
Professor Ann Donor
LECTURE NOTES
Notes by Jonathan Ho
Week 6 Lecture 10: Other Design Approaches/Perspectives (June 4, 2018)
Design of Environments
●Similar to graphic design (visual), design of environment focuses a lot on space and lighting
You must also consider the other key aspects: lines, colour, texture, shape etc.
○Lighting - How you maximize sunlight, daylight, room light
●Principles
○Balance, emphasis, hierarchy, unity + variety
ie. Classroom Environment
How can you change the lighting and space to be more ______?
●Open
○Lighter colours
○More windows, less walls
●Cozy
○Change the form of the lights; circular lights; rounder form
○Lighter colours (warm colours)
Fundamental Concepts
●Ecology
"Ecology is the general science that studies the
relationship
between the organism and its
external environment"
- Biologist Ernst Haeckel 1866
○You're not just looking at the external environment itself, you're looking at the
relationship of it
○ie. A parking lot - There are both positive and negative aspects to the ecology
Positive - You would be able expect where to find parking and where to park
Negative - You have no idea where you parked afterwards
●Scale
Our lived-in visible environment is composed of all we must see in order to act successfully.
○Ranges from textures in millimeters to objects measureable in meters to landscapes
measurable in kilometers.
○ie. millimeters, meters, kilometers?
Texture in architectural surface layouts plays a visual role, whereas in objects that are handled, it
plays a tactile role.
