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PROPORTION & ORGANISATION
Proportion is the relationship between parts or things, in particular harmonious, proper or desirable relationships and the balance of symmetry ; Organisation is to determine the separation or connection between similar or dissimilar uses, helps to clarify aspects of use and establishes similarity or contrast between spaces. In this modern epoch, a building had to come with these three conditions in order to be listed as a good building : commodity (usefulness), firmness (solidity or strength) and delight (beauty). ). So for this case, proportion and organisation take an important roles as they provides guideline for designing useful spaces, and structural systems.
“ NATURE IS SURE TO ACT CONSISTENTLY AND WITH A CONSTANT ANALOGY IN ALL HER OPERATIONS ” – philosophical text, proportion and organization are the first to be considering when designing a space as it ensures the spatial qualities of the space. The human behaviors are studied to understand the way of human tend to use the space : also refers to anthropometrics which refers to the measurement of the human individual. Although proportion and organisation fit well in creating a projection of harmony to the building, however, we still need to consider about the site context before blending in the elements to achieve the satisfaction of an aesthetically pleasing environment.
One of the example to show the uses of proportion and organisation in building is Sou Fujimoto’s wooden house. This houses considered of human body and its movement in each space. Each activity required a certain amount of spaces, and that spaces is mainly affected on the movement of body, and in this box, Sou Fujimoto tried to implement all the spaces in the same roof which requires lots of study of how human body work for different activities, just as how different people have different scale.
He envisioned the creation of new spatiality that preserves primitive conditions of a harmonious entity before various functions and roles differentiated. There are no separations of floor, wall, and ceiling here : a place that one thought was a floor becomes a chair, a ceiling, a wall from various positions. The floor levels are relative and spatiality is perceived differently according to one's position. This is where the consideration of human body came into place, just like how architecture in today society are built with the considerations and adaption of the human body anthropometry and human body behavior to adapt and accommodate human of this era.
Another example also by Sou Fujimoto, the Serpentine Pavilion which is located at Hyde Park, London. The inspiration for the design of the Pavilion was the concept that geometry and constructed forms could meld with the natural and the human. The fine, fragile grid creates a strong structural system that can expand to become a large cloud-like shape, combining strict order with softness. A simple cube, sized to the human body, is repeated to build a form that exists between the organic and the abstract, to create an ambiguous, soft-edged structure that will blur the boundaries between interior and exterior. It was designed according to the proportion of human being. The topography of the grid is a flexible, multi-purpose social space, where the walls, seating and roof are made of the same steel cubes. In this way, the organic structure of the Pavilion overall creates an adaptable terrain, encouraging visitors to create their own experience of the building.
Although proportion and organisation fit well in creating a projection of harmony to the building, however, we still need to consider about the site context before blending in the elements to achieve the satisfaction of an aesthetically pleasing environment. Proportion and organisation are serve as the foundation of all building designs as well as analysis of site context, hence, we as an architect should not only design according to a standard human body, or standard measurement,but also need to look more into the details and functions of the space as well as the whole site.
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