This document discusses principles of architectural composition including unity, dominance, harmony, vitality, emphasis, and fluidity. It provides examples to illustrate each principle. Unity creates a feeling of wholeness through common visual elements like color or style. Dominance establishes a primary visual element. Harmony involves a pleasing interaction of compositional elements like proportion and repetition. Vitality adds interest through contrasting colors, textures, and forms while still maintaining harmony. Emphasis draws attention through horizontal or vertical accents. Fluidity creates a smooth, graceful flow or movement of spaces and compositions.

1. AR0120 Theory of Architecture Handled by - g.yogapriya

2. Principles of compositionUnity

3. Dominance

4. Harmony

5. Vitality

6. Emphasis

7. FluidityUnity

8. Principle of unity is concerned with VISUAL COMPOSITION in design.

9. Visual composition produced by relationship between visual elements.

10. Unity creates a feeling of wholeness. Unity is usually achieved when the parts complement each other in a way where they have something in common. Unity can be achieved by use of the same color, or different tints of it, or using a similar graphic style for illustrations.

11. Unity creates a feeling of wholeness. Unity is usually achieved when the parts complement each other in a way where they have something in common. Unity can be achieved by use of the same color, or different tints of it, or using a similar graphic style for illustrations.AR0120 Theory of Architecture

12. Aspects of unity areDominance or self unity

13. Harmony

14. Vitality

15. BalanceElements of composition to be considered:TextureColor hue and toneDirectionProportionSolid and voidForm or shape

16. Falling Water house-Use of materials and form are dramatic but harmonious.Opera house – rhythmic repetition of petals show unity Solid – void – a dominance Chapel at Notre Damn Du Haut , Paris

17. Self UnitySphere or egg has self unity. Fish and birds have simplicity of forms. this gives an effect of self unity. Simple buildings produce such an effect.

18. The detailed requirements of function and stability in buildings results in a number of visual elements.