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Part 8 — Door & Window Schedules | Sheet by Sheet

Nobody reads the schedules. Until a window shows up in the wrong size. Then everybody reads the schedules. Door and window schedules are the coordination backbone of any residential set. They connect what's shown on the floor plan to what gets ordered, delivered, and installed. When they're wrong — or when nobody checked them — the consequences show up at the worst possible time. What it shows: Every door and window in the project listed by mark number Size — width, height, and rough opening dimensions Type — swing, sliding, fixed, casement, etc. Material and finish — wood, vinyl, aluminum, painted, stained Hardware requirements Fire rating where required Notes on special conditions — tempered glass, egress compliance How schedules connect to the rest of the set: Every door and window on the floor plan has a mark — a number or letter in a circle or tag. That mark links directly to the schedule. The schedule then links to the specificatio...

ART IN ARCHITECTURE

Art is the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.

to create a space/ surrounding which brings a positive and pleasing impact on the user's soul

Agra
Taj Mahal, Agra
Photo by: yosratawakol

To beautify a structure.

   

Jaipur
Hawa Mahal, Jaipur
Photo by: Dishari De

Tiling

Traditional Door
Ornate wooden door, Jaipur
Photo by: Annie Spratt

Occur in many settings 

Have a rich mathematical structure

Examples

Using Regular Polygons

Penrose Tiling

Escher Tessellations

Symmetry

Lotus temple, Delhi
Photo by: Harmeet9000


In art:

o often used as an aesthetic element

o a kind of balance in which the corresponding parts are not necessarily alike but only similar.

o Generally is a balance between various parts of an object.

o Several examples of symmetry in painting.

Geometry & Islamic Art

Islamic Art
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
Photo by: Dan Gold


o Prohibition from making representations of people in holy sites

o Developed an instantly recognizable aesthetic based on:

Calligraphy

Arabesque (vegetal, plants patterns)

Geometrical shapes (repeated tiling)

Islamic art
Ceiling of The Blue Mosque, Istanbul
Photo by: Stephen

Higher Order Geometry and Topology: Escher

Vessel, New York
Architect: Thomas Heatherwick
Photo by: Juliana Malta

Fractals

Infinitely complex patterns that are self-similar across different scales.

The mathematics of fractals has been used to show that the reason why existing buildings have universal appeal and are visually satisfying is because they provide the viewer with a sense of scale at different viewing distances.

In Hindu temples such as the Virupaksha temple at Hampi, the parts and the whole have the same character.

Hampi
Sree Virupaksha Temple, Hampi
Photo by: Maitreyi Bhatnagar

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