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SPACE & SCALE



PROPORTIONS  

 Theory of proportion is an attempt to transfer to the architecture the idea of a harmonious order, providing specific rules and principles and provided the perfect combination of parts. Mathematical relationships provided the rules governing geometric compositions seek architectural perfection in proportion. This conception of architecture was not born with the Renaissance. Indeed a search of the secret mathematical harmony after the architectural beauty has been one of the most popular conceptions of architecture, from the empires of the Middle East today. The fundamental idea of the existence of different shapes and lines that need to be harmonized with each other for the architect to achieve a good result. This is to discover the mathematical law of harmony. The first step in building a theory of proportion is to take a basic measure to serve as a module, from which you will find the remaining quantities. Despite the parallelism can be established between mathematics and architecture, theories of the ratio does not affect the essence of architecture, offer no general aesthetics of the building. Among the theories of proportion we can say the so-called "golden number" of Lucca Pacioli, explained in his book Divine proportione (1496-1497), the Fibonacci series studied by Leonardo Fibonacci (1171-1230), and 'block' Le Corbusier. The current architectural criticism does not deny the usefulness of the theories of proportion, because it is useful to understand harmony, fitness, order, but say little about the aesthetic significance.  There are also theories that link the architecture and the artistic will, others provide some "sympathy" between the forms and symbolic meaning, and others who contend that only in the aesthetic perception and the pleasure experienced through it can build understanding architecture.

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