ARCH 1001: Introduction to Design and the Environment Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Department of Architecture

ASSIGNMENT Spring 2018

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ASSIGNMENT 2: ORDERING PRINCIPLES

Assigned: Friday, January 1

Due: Thursday, February 1 no later than 11:59 PM

Experience:

Take a field trip on our central campus. In our local built environment, identify the best

illustrative examples you can find for the six formal ordering principles discussed in class: Axis,

Symmetry, Hierarchy, Rhythm, Datum and Transformation. Please see the attached page for

the in-class definitions.

Record six well-composed photographic images of your selections and using specific definitions

and terminology, construct six paragraphs to explain why you formally made each of your

choices and how each illustrates a formal ordering principle.

Your photographic images should be clearly understood, visual evidence for your text.

Remember, your assertions should be logical organized with your premise supported by main

points, sub-points and important details. Review your formal outline template if necessary.

Using your preferred page layout or word processing software, format your texts and

photographs on six, landscape orientated, 8-1/2” X 11” pages with 1” edge margins.

Each page should illustrate and describe a unique formal ordering principle.

Divide each page vertically in half with a left text zone and a right image zone separated by a

1” center margin. At the top left of the text zone, type out the ordering principle heading and

then one double-space below, type out the explanatory paragraph. Select a 12 point, serif or

sans-serif font such as Arial, Bodoni, Calabri, Futura, Garamond, Helvetica, or Gill Sans.

In the right image zone of the page, position the photographic image. Maintaining vertical

and horizontal proportions, enlarge the size of the image so either its width or height is the

largest allowable size (maximum height is 6-1/2” and maximum width is 3-1/2”). Do not

distort the image; maintain the original proportions.

Deliverable:

A pdf file uploaded to Blackboard Learn, with 6 pages of text and imagery. 8 ½ X 11 sheets.

Horizontal orientation. Please use the following file naming convention:

Last Name_First Name_Assignment 2_Spring 2018

ARCH 1001: Introduction to Design and the Environment Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Department of Architecture

ASSIGNMENT Spring 2018

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