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Colour, light and texture in the perception of contemporary architecture

Publication date: 30.09.2014

Technical Transactions, 2014, Architecture Issue 3 A (3) 2014, pp. 191 - 207

https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.14.042.2492

Authors

Iwona Zuziak
Division of Freehand Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology
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Colour, light and texture in the perception of contemporary architecture

Abstract

The direction of the search for objects described in this article resulted from ruminations related to a theory which sets on the trail of the distinctness of the method or the way of creating contemporary architecture in the conceptual phase. What guides the twenty-first century architect while looking for solutions? Let us try to notice differences in the approach to the formation of a space and the visual means applied within. The visual function and tools, i.e. the form, the colour, the texture and the light, make a homogenous entity at the stage of the formation of an idea. Since visual perception is not just a sensory process, we can arrive at the conclusion that architects’ creativity involves a wider range of tools than before. Several selected and analyzed examples offer some kind of proof of the above thesis. This increases the dose of the interactivity of architecture itself – it becomes more demanding and didactic yet not devoid of beauty. It is an art.

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Information: Technical Transactions, 2014, Architecture Issue 3 A (3) 2014, pp. 191 - 207

Article type: Original article

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Colour, light and texture in the perception of contemporary architecture

English:

Colour, light and texture in the perception of contemporary architecture

Authors

Division of Freehand Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology

Published at: 30.09.2014

Article status: Open

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Iwona Zuziak (Author) - 100%

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