Document Type
Book
Files
Download Full Text (5.5 MB)
Download Front Pages, Table of Contents, Introduction, Notes on Illustrations & Acknowledgements (348 KB)
Download The Senses (150 KB)
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Download The Eye (246 KB)
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Publication Date
1974
Abstract
An analysis of the perception and meaning of architecture and urban design from a Gestalt point of view. The report looks at meanings associated with architecture and relates these to a visual grammar that can be used to organize meaningful architectural compositions. Highly illustrated with photographs and sketches of buildings and urban spaces.
ISBN
0938744046
Recommended Citation
Jules, Frederick, "Form/Space and the Language of Architecture" (1974). Center for Architecture and Urban Planning Research Books. 6.
https://dc.uwm.edu/caupr_mono/6
Publisher
Center for Architecture and Urban Planning Research, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee
City
Milwaukee, WI
Front Pages, Table of Contents, Introduction, Notes on Illustrations & Acknowledgements
form_jules_2.pdf (150 kB)
The Senses
form_jules_3.pdf (484 kB)
Motivation
form_jules_4.pdf (246 kB)
The Eye
form_jules_5.pdf (1218 kB)
Gestalt Principles
form_jules_6.pdf (976 kB)
Elements of Form
form_jules_7.pdf (473 kB)
A Room in Context
form_jules_8.pdf (1591 kB)
Patterns and Sequence
form_jules_9.pdf (91 kB)
Select Bibliography