Atrium was considered as a ‘sun room' back in the old times. These days sun rooms appears in many homes where people want to soak up sun rays in the middle of winter or maybe grow plants year round. An atrium is an open-roofed part of a building, though now it more commonly has a glass roof. Although the atrium has evolved throughout the centuries, the basic design has remained the same. The word atrium comes from the Latin and refers to an open central court. An atrium in architecture is a central part of buildings.
In community spaces, the special is the environmental behavior, in which the study focuses on the atmospheric effect of public spaces or on their interior elements, such as lighting, music, and scent. To identify the relationship between the public environment and the sense of place, this study aims to determine the atrium patterns setting factors that provide a sense of place to the community. The important physical aspects of atrium pattern design include architectural and functional esthetics. Architectural aesthetics include many types of architectural elements like shapes, colors, scale, materials, textures, and other accessories used to define or decorate the space. Layout, signage, and comfort level are functional aspects that should also be considered.
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The main function of this element was used to allow natural light and ensure ventilation to the internal spaces and connect the indoor to the outdoor adding to that the natural beauty of the space. In the Roman eras the main reception room was the function of the atrium and the central space for the family gathering. During the Roman Empire the atrium was constructed with or without columns, generally has a marble basin known as the impluvium, which was situated in the center of the space under the roof opening called
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Vittirio Gregotti is describing the courtyard as an architectural act par excellence saying :”The enclosure not only establishes a specific relationship with a specific place but is the principle by
A city that is known for its diverse culture, up and coming neighborhoods, and eye-catching building designs, should believe to have everything. In the city of Key Biscayne, a place that caters to the public that incorporates physical activities into their lives, and has a way to enjoy doing it at the same time is nonexistent. If inspirations that come from past designers, one specifically who has unique design characteristics, architectural landmarks, built to give visual opinions, and surrounding elements, that may be viewed various ways, is combined, it should transform into a design that can capture the traits and ideas of each aspect. By adapting to existing structure, and reinventing its design, it will allow recreating a vision and
This pavilion is a more pleasant building to the viewer because of the proportion sizes of its forms used in its design. Not only does the pavilion have the similar Greek columns as the pantheon, but it also has the dome incorporated as well. Unlike the Pantheon, the pavilions design has a proportion to its forms in a way that one form does not over power the other along with the viewer being able to see the different forms while looking at the building from far away or up close. This even proportion means that the portico does not over power the façade and exterior of the building unlike in the design of the Pantheon. The pavilion also has a symmetrical balance to it just like the Pantheon. The façade in the pavilion also appears to have a uniformity in texture and color from ground to the top of its dome. Although the dome is a darker shade than the rest of the building, it still has a uniformity throughout the entire dome. The traits of the proportionality and uniformity of the design used for the pavilion create a more pleasant view than the Roman Pantheon, although it was ultimately influenced by its
The purpose of the building is not known for certain but rather the name, porch and pediment decoration suggest a temple or something to that influence. Be that as it may, no faction is known not of the divine beings, in this way the Pantheon may have been laid out as a place where the emperor could show up in a setting which helped spectators to remember his heavenly status, measure up to with other different gods of the Roman Pantheon and his idolized emperor antecedents.
The arch is one of the most incredible feats or roman architecture. Arches we're useful becuase they were able to hold more weight and they used less materials to create. One famous arch in roman history is the Arch of Constantine. It is the largest standing roman arch. The Romans didn't just stop once they created the arch. This creation also sparked the idea of the dome. To create a dome its basically putting a bunch of arches together. We see domes and arches in many official buildings today. For example, the Capitol building in Washington
The Roman triumphal arch was traditionally a gateway, consisting of a pair of massive pylons joined by a semi-circular vault. The arch was framed by two columns or more, that were either engaged or stood on projecting pedestals. The columns are appeared to support the entablature, the horizontal section across the top of the vault which separated from the attic section. The attic was a piece of masonry that was decorated with relief sculpture and statuary.
Towards the city’s heavily trafficked center the Roman Forum was constructed for convenient easy access of all the citizens. The foreground of the forum was occupied by a paved square with monuments to famous citizens. The temple to the Divine Julius, dedicated in 29 BCE to the deified Caesar, built in a Hellenistic style, is located in the background on the left; to the right is the temple of Vesta and the house of the Vestal Virgins, guardians of the everlasting flame; further to the right is the temple of the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux dedicated in 6 CE Here the office of weights and measures was situated. The podiums of the temples of Caesar and the Dioscuri were often used as orators' platforms and it is in this part of the Forum that the meetings of the comitia took place. On the far right is the Basilica Julia built by Caesar. Its long façade occupies the entire south side of the Forum. (Owens, 154) Semi-circular in plan and having consisted of a tall stage building, theaters were a semi-circular orchestra and tiered seating area. Unlike Greek theatres, which were built on natural slopes, they were supported by their own framework of piers and vaults and so could be built anywhere and not where nature dictated. Amphitheatres (literally, ‘double theatres’) were elliptical in plan; with a central areana. (Bowra, 38)
Most people focus on mitigation strategies to reduce noise while few focus on the experience of sound. However, the sense of hearing is very incorporating, and when sound is used in the right way experiences of a space can be further enriched. Paley Park in New York City is a great example of using the element of sound to enhance an urban environment. Designed by landscape architectural firm Zion & Breen, the pocket park is located in a lively area of Midtown Manhattan hidden amongst the office buildings on East 53rd Street. The entrance to the park appears to be an extension of its surroundings while simultaneously transporting you away; as one steps from the sidewalk and moves into the narrow space a sense of serenity develops as city noises begin to fade away. The side walls of the adjacent buildings are covered with dense, green ivy “vertical lawns” which contrast with colourful flowers and rough-hewn granite pavers which extend across the sidewalk to the street curb. The fourth side of the space is a 20-foot (6.1m) high cascading waterfall spanning the entire back of the park. The powerful feature runs 1,800 gallons of water per minute creating a backdrop of sound that completely masks the noises from the street and surrounding urban environment. Combined with the airy canopy formed by locust trees and simple spatial organization of furniture, the park offers a quiet urban oasis and creates a sense of
6. Automaticity – ability of heart to beat spontaneously and repetitively without external neurohormonal control. The heart is capable of beating outside the body, given proper laboratory conditions. Automaticity is evidently linked to fluid and electrolyte balance rather than to nervous system control.
“A column consists of a shaft together with its base and its capital, supporting a section of an entablature, which constitutes the upper horizontal part of a classical building and is itself composed of (from bottom to top) an architrave, frieze, and cornice” (Britannica, 2014). Nevertheless, Romans went beyond the Greek, by focusing not only on the external, but also the interior. By
Banking is designed to make it possible for customers to trade, commercialize and invest. It can be regarded as a service to serve the public and prompt the economy (Rosenthal, 2013). There has been much debate concerning whether big banks should be broken up. The collapse of five biggest investment banks in the financial crisis of 2008 has put an increasing number of countries such as Iceland, Ireland and Spain at the edge of bankruptcy (Rosenthal, 2013) and resulted in mass unemployment and a decrease in living standards. It is clear that although large banks perform invaluable functions in economies of scale and scope, providing unique services which are not accessible elsewhere, they also know they are “too big to fail”(hereafter TBTF) for bail-outs provided by governments; therefore, they continue to take excessive risks for higher compensation, which could have a negative influence on the forming of a competitive and stable market. In this essay, I will look at the causes and consequences of the financial crisis and then argue that those reforms proposed are insufficient to reduce the risks of systemic collapse; Thus, these financial sectors should become small enough to be allowed to fail so that they have to consider carefully before taking excessive risks.
There are two types of relationships between permanence and place. Architectural distinction helps to particularize a place from its surroundings. It is a static permanence. It is related to physical relationship between the building and place, its endurance, firmness and stability. Second fundamental factor is time. Time is responsible to create long lasting dispositions resulting in notable events which help to create permanent traditions that are embedded to its place. This dynamic permanence is based on mental relationship between community and place, through consciousness, awareness and various activities related to it. (Tuan, 2014)
Public spaces are social spaces where social phenomena happens, different activities leading to different social relations and interactions. Spaces with own rhythms of use and regulations that one can discover or rediscover in different cultural context.10 steven To understand how architecture can activate public spaces through play to make social spaces, spaces for public life, this paper first investigates how architecture defines the nature of a public spaces with the possibility of engaging public into play. Then, the paper discuss how play can engage people to redefine spaces and find something that have in common with others. And finally, how people can obtain their freedom through playing in a space will be explored. To do so, the
The arches of the Coloseum allowed great ventilation, stability, and passageways to keep the crowd comfortable all day. The most amazing construction had nothing to do with the show. The Romans had actually constructed a roof for the Coloseum. The roof was like a retractable sail covering most of the audience during the current event.