2. When you make a room out of a floor, four walls, and
a ceiling, you will have besides those six things, a
seventh as well: space, a thing probably more
memorable than any of the physical elements that
made it. Its creation of course is an illusion. You will
not have made something out of nothing, only
separated a particular part from the continuum of all
space.
Charles Moore.
3. In visual terms, volume is the quantity
(capacity) of space taken up by a substance or
object within an enclosed container (vessel).
The vessel may be fully or partially enclosed.
Volume assumes its characteristics by the
disposition or arrangement of mass and form,
within it.
Mass refers to higher density substances
(materials), while space refers to lower density
open areas.
4. Perhaps a misnomer, volume, in visual terms, is
more like interior form; the bowels of an entity.
5. Because volumes are defined by form, they are three
dimensional: they have length, width and depth.
Volumes can be suggested, two-dimensionally, by
various drawing projection systems such as isometrics
or perspective.
Isometric cube
Perspective cube
6. Like lines, shapes, and forms, volumes can also be
expressive and carry some psychological or emotional
weight.
While looking at the following images, project yourself
into the volumes. How do they feel?
