shape grammar project 1 board 1

1. InspiringElement
TheInspiringElementfrom thePeacockisit’sfeathers.
ThePeacock’s“tail”orknownas“train”,consistsof
manyelementalshapes.Theyareknownfortheshape
ofeyes.
TheInspiration
Theinspirationofourprojectisfrom theMajesticBLue
Peacock.BluePeacockortheIndianPeafowl,isa
speciesofpeafowlnativetoSouthAsia..OriginatedfromspeciesofpeafowlnativetoSouthAsia..Originatedfrom
theIndiansubcontinent,theyarethenintroducedto
manypartsoftheworldasaMajesticspeciesofbirds.
PeacocksarethenationalbirdsofIndia.Theyusually
adaptthemselveswithhumanhabitationsandare
foundmainlyinplaceswherewaterisavailable.Withits
tailfannedout,thepeacockdisplaysitsbeautifulplum-
ageforalltosee.ageforalltosee.
CircularSector
Thecircularsectorshapeisobtainedfrom theinnerpatternofthe
quillfeather.Theminorsectoroftheremovedcirclehasanangleof
60°whereastheremainingofthemajorsectorhasanangleof300°.
60°
300°
TeardropCurve
Theteardropcurveisobtainedfrom thequillfeatherofthepea-
cock.Theperimeterofthefeathergivesateardropshapewhichwe
usedasoneofourbasicshapes.Theform ofthequillisobtained
from stackingoflinearlinesofdifferentlength.Theteardropcurve
hasasharp60°acuteedge.
AnalysisofInspiringElement
From thetrainofthepeacock,wederived2interestingshapesand
multipleruleswhichcanbeusedinourdesignrules.Thequillofthe
peacockhasametaphoricalshapeofaneye.Inthetrainofthe
peacock,theshapeoftheeyeisrepeatedlyorganizedinacross
arrangement.The2shapesaretheteardropcurveandfractionedarrangement.The2shapesaretheteardropcurveandfractioned
circle.
ADDITION
ADDITION
ADDITION
ROTATION
REFLECTION
GLIDEREFLECTION
ADDITION
RULE1
RULE2
RULE3
RULE4
RULE5
RULE6
RULE7
RULES RULES
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PROJECT1SHAPEGRAMMAR
TOPIC:SHAPEGRAMMARINSPIREDBYSURROUNDING.