Homework #2

1. Good stability and in design is when the planes meet as close as possible at a 90 degree angle. 
Interaction is how the planes meet each other. The Three planes rule states: “a stable structure results when any three planes meet so that each plane interacts with both of the other planes.

2. An environmental plane is where a plane of a stable structure is the surface where planes are attached. It is any kind of surface to where a planar structure is mounted. It can also be called a ground plane (walls, floors, ceilings, shelves, the surface of the earth, and tabletops. A planar structure is three planes interacting through three dimensions, making a stable structure.

3.An architectonic form is a category of a planar form. It includes architecture, most furniture, and a significant number of other objects. Three examples of an architectonic form are: common geometric shapes featuring rectangles, squares, triangles, and simple curved shapes like circles.

4. Reflective surfaces like mirrors can affect visual transitions by helping the illusion of space entering an closed surface.

5. Planes can define volume by virtue or their shape. Planes and volume shape and activate space. For example, a square can be pictured as a slice, or cross-section from a cube. A group of squares all the same size that intersect at their centers can make a cube in space, creating volume.


Terms

Organization: organization is the entire pattern or structure, tying the parts of an object together into a unified whole.

Synergy: synergy according to R. Buckminster Fuller is the unpredictable, surprising capabilities that are in an organization who has individual elements that seem unimpressive on their own.

Order and Freedom: Order and freedom must be intertwined in a design in order to create unity and richness. Too much of one or the other will either become too excessively organized or will create an a messy composition.

Structure and Unity: Structure and unity are achieved by organizational devices such as systematic structure and intuitive structure. Systematic structure is very mathematical while intuitive structure is more the viewer’s psychological experience to create order. Unifying principles visually bind a composition together.

Symmetry: Symmetry is a type of balance. It balances a composition by using repeating patters or forms within a composition. The most common symmetry is mirror. One half of a composition is repeated in its reflection in the other half of the composition.

Repetition Within Variety: repeating the same or similar elements helps create order in a composition. However, too much repetition or order is not very interesting to the viewer. Variety is necessary.

Rhythm and Gradation: They are important elements in repetition within variety. Both show and create intervals of change