Basics Spatial Design by Ulrich Exner

Author:Ulrich Exner
Language: deu
Format: epub
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Published: 2017-04-09T16:00:00+00:00

Context The environment or an existing building’s given attributes form the context. An architectural structure can use these site-specific atmospheric qualities or features as the design’s points of reference. > Fig. 45

Fig. 45: This new spatial structure refers to a container docks situation; the design focuses thematically on the principle of stacking.

Urban, historical, or social situations can serve as contextual references. The existing uses and situations of a particular environment, such as shopping opportunities or a busy street as a source of disturbing noise, all influence planning a spatial program, and thus, the design of a new construction.

Whether and/or how a building can produce individual contexts from spatial relationships is also a means of design. The context can be obscured by a closed, solid wall, or strategically included by making openings in the structure. In this way, a window with a view to the sea creates a reference to a landscape. If this is missing, part of the environment is obscured, thereby denying a reference to this aspect of the context.

The contextual reference can be read in the form of a building, in its material qualities, or in its spatial program. Using local building material is also a reference to the environment. The color and texture of a building constructed in this material resembles neighboring structures and is well assimilated. In addition, the dimensions or building form determine whether the structure will be well assimilated by or form a contrast to the given context.

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