Wholeness is an integral part of a design that makes the user sense and understand the space without getting confused about decoding the space.
The keen observations and interactions with space can make one communicate with the space. The haptic quality of space creates a picturesque vision and develops a closer bond with the space making it a timeless piece. Haptic sense Valencia Cathedral_©Įvery space has its own textural quality which makes the user relate their experience with the place. Imperfections may come and go, signifying the richness of life exhibited through art and architecture gives the timeless character of the piece to come into play. Thus, the process of its travel through the bounds of time unravels a new journey of appreciating the craftsmen or the responsible person for having his eye for detail without compromising on human defects. The effortlessly ageing character of a workpiece began upon a time from being a huge mass of rock that was sculpted with much care and details to bring in the life to the inanimate object. Workmanship as a process Ankor Wat temple_© The building functional behaviour gets more relatable and defined over time. The building’s effect on weathering defines the building’s character as its giving function. The building’s intimacy gets levelled up more, refining its textural form giving more essence. The weathering is a factor that defines the process of the building’s nature getting aged in respect to time. The reveal of the timeless character is visible to one who observes and experiences the darkness play on the lights spread.
It is the natural light from the sun’s rays, which brings back space to life. In the olden architectural era, we have been practising using more natural light, as it was their only light source available at that time. The depth of the field for a space plays a vital role because one cannot exist without the other. His category of defining timelessness attributes goes by order, arrangement, eurhythmy, symmetry, economy and propriety.ĭarkness and light in the field Ramanathaswamy Temple_© Vitruvius follows proportioning in relation to the human body as mentioned in his Ten books of architecture.
Timeless designs make use of natural proportions and golden sections to define their nature.
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The squares in the Fibonacci series are visually directed to the eye without drawing them manually too. Matila Ghyka, a renowned mathematician and a philosopher, has found that the golden rectangle proportions have made a person naturally recognize a design through cognition. The ancient Greeks have synthesized the importance of following order, scale and proportion in a design. Understanding history Poblet Monastery of Santa Maria_©
The main attribute of a timeless work revolves around exhibiting the explorations of both visual and architectural traits to go hand in hand with each other and making a better habitat for the society while leaving the time to test the functional resonance of the space. So, if a building has a shorter lifespan or deteriorates after a time doesn’t mean it can claim itself to be timeless because timelessness in architecture does not go with a time frame. Integrating nature in design_© After a period of time, it’s the nature of the material to deteriorate and fall in the ground. Though they undergo mild changes, due to the action of environmental conditions, moreover adding a new feel of texture to the façade and refining its character. Timelessness can significantly explain the solidarity and strength of the building Certain materials like stone, concrete are looked upon for their qualities of not getting deteriorated quickly and their easiness to work with. What does it take to make one’s work to be timeless? And, the answer is, Timelessness in architecture can be defined in various possible ways. To make an architectural piece of work sustain through ages and years to come, we fellow architects consider timeless architecture as a solution.
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