AD 12500 Lecture 20: THE PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
13 Sep 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Physical balance relies on natural principles of gravity and equilibrium: visual balance, is often related to the apparent perceived relative weights of objects in architecture and interiors, the three basic types of balance: symmetrical, asymmetrical, and radial. Symmetrical or bilateral balance refers to the arrangement of objects that seem to have an imaginary mirror placed along a central axis that bisects the form and presents each half as a mirror image of the other. In nature, the human body, various plants, and animals exhibit these forms: many buildings, particularly historic buildings were designed in the classical style of symmetrical balance. In asymmetrical balance (sometimes called informal balance), the visual arrangements or weights are neither identical mirror images nor equivalent images, but they do tend to stabilize one another. In design, brightly colored objects can visually balance the use of a dull color, and a large object can be balanced by a grouping of smaller objects.
