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Sequence Notes:


There are at least 3 relations in any architectural sequence:


1.) Internal Relation - method of work
- Transformational sequence is described as a device or procedure

2.) External Relations - juxtaposition of actual spaces
- Spatial sequence is constant throughout history

3.) External relations - programming (occurences or events)
- Programmatic sequence is described with social and symbolic connotations

- One understood way of drawing architecturally is with many layers of trace paper laid down that revolve around a basic theme or parti

- Transformational sequence relies on devices (compression, rotation, etc.)

- Sequence emphasizes a planned path that has continuous movement

- Adding events to spacial sequence is a form of motivation

-Program: A descriptive notice, issued beforehand, of any formal series of proceedings, in the order of performance - hence the items themselves collectively, the performance as a whole

-Indifference: sequences of events and sequences of spaces can be largely independent of one another

- Reciprocity: sequences of events and sequences of spaces can become totally interdependent and fully condition each other's existence

- Conflict: sequences of events and spaces occasionally clash and contradict each other

- Spatial sequences are independent of what happens in them

- SEM: Space, Event, Movement. - Breaks the linearity of the elementary sequence

- Frame: The moments of the sequence. Frames are both the framing device - conforming, regular, solid - and the framed material - questioning, distorting, and displacing.

- All transformational devices (repitition, distortion, etc.) can apply equally and independently to spaces, events, or movements.

TRG_Garden_Catalog01.doc

Taylor Griffin

Villa Marlia

M1/Masses:
A – Vegetation and stone
M2/Mass-Less Conditions, pointless points:
A – No direction
S1/Horizontal Surface, surfaces of and on the earth:
A – Tall shrubs carved and trimmed to define space.
- Arches are cut out in some for shape
B – Trimmed shorter shrubs to accent space
C – Water (ponds)
S2/Vertical Surfaces, surfaces standing on the earth:
A – Large stone structure with sculptures beside pond
E1/Vertical Elements, objects standing on the earth:
A – Several sculptures of individuals, as well as a grand stone arch and stone pots
E2/Path Elements, vectors on the earth:
A – Pathway leading around the pond below