GRAMMAR:SYNTAX

Audience
“People giving, or likely to give attention to something”

One of the most important aspects a designer has to take into account is the people who will be using their design, the audience. The audience, and what the audience needs. a design has to perform a specific function, whether that function is to be visually pleasing, or to fulfill the living requirements of the people who will inhabit a space.

[Re]visions
“The art of revising something”
In every design there are many things that can and will be revised before the final product, and even after in some cases. In drafting, for example, after turning in a first draft I can see improvements, or revisions that need to be made and I can make them. Only after several revisions, in every aspect of life, can something be perfect. This goes for music, dance, art, and literature.

Character
“The mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual”
Not unlike the character of a human being buildings have character too. The character of a building can tell you who designed it, who lives in it, when it was made, and where the designer got his inspiration.

Transition
“The process or period of changing from one state or condition to another”
The world is consistently changing. Humans have gone from revolution to revolution. For example the industrial revolution has marked a change in transportation, and in media. For media the use of books and media became prevalent, and in architecture the use of glass and iron became more widely used.
In France there was a shaping of classical space all across urban spaces. They created public palaces through the creation of townhouses. Townhouses create open public spaces, and series of open plazas in the place of a cathedral. One example of this is the Louvre.
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Today we have gated communities that have recreational facilities. The landscapes are remodeled and all the houses are uniform with a transitional entrance space in the front and the back.
The creation of the enfilade is also a transitional idea in which spaces are lined up from public to private spaces. Spaces are divided into public room, bedroom, and anti-chamber, which goes along with the porch, court, and hearth theory from earlier this year.


Datum
“A fixed starting point of a scale or operation”
In a layout of any sort a datum line is crucial. This line creates a focus, and makes the layout seem more put together and more purposeful. Not just in a layout of a project, like the photo below, but in the design of a building, a datum line can be created by windows, a ledge, wall paper, any linear aspect can create a datum.