Is there an architectural term (eg, "vista") for a situation in which
a building is arranged so that (with all doors open) you can view
multiple rooms, one through another, in sequence, at once?
That is, when standing in room A, you can both see and look through
rooms B and C to room D?
(One might want to widen the farther doors, but that's another
problem.)
> Is there an architectural term (eg, "vista") for a situation in which
> a building is arranged so that (with all doors open) you can view
> multiple rooms, one through another, in sequence, at once?
> That is, when standing in room A, you can both see and look through
> rooms B and C to room D?
> (One might want to widen the farther doors, but that's another
> problem.)
> Is there an architectural term (eg, "vista") for a situation in which
> a building is arranged so that (with all doors open) you can view
> multiple rooms, one through another, in sequence, at once?
> That is, when standing in room A, you can both see and look through
> rooms B and C to room D?
> (One might want to widen the farther doors, but that's another
> problem.)
> Is there an architectural term (eg, "vista") for a situation in which
> a building is arranged so that (with all doors open) you can view
> multiple rooms, one through another, in sequence, at once?
> That is, when standing in room A, you can both see and look through
> rooms B and C to room D?
> (One might want to widen the farther doors, but that's another
> problem.)
> > Is there an architectural term (eg, "vista") for a situation in which
> > a building is arranged so that (with all doors open) you can view
> > multiple rooms, one through another, in sequence, at once?
> > That is, when standing in room A, you can both see and look through
> > rooms B and C to room D?
> > (One might want to widen the farther doors, but that's another
> > problem.)
> > Is there an architectural term (eg, "vista") for a situation in which
> > a building is arranged so that (with all doors open) you can view
> > multiple rooms, one through another, in sequence, at once?
> > That is, when standing in room A, you can both see and look through
> > rooms B and C to room D?
> > (One might want to widen the farther doors, but that's another
> > problem.)
> Or enfilade as in "an enfilade is a suite of rooms formally aligned with
> each other"
HmMm, that's probably the closest architecture gets me, although as
one would expect from architecture it implies deliberate design, and
also linearity.
I have an analytical situation in which computer-generated multi-(say)-
chamber forms are viewed internally and sequentially from their
several chambers, eg
A(B(C)(D))
is viewed from B as
B(C)(D)(A)
from C as
C(D)(B(A))
and from D as
D(C)(B(A))
I've been, not entirely happily, calling these "eversions".
I may adopt "enfilades", in spite of the reservations above.
>> > Is there an architectural term (eg, "vista") for a situation in which
>> > a building is arranged so that (with all doors open) you can view
>> > multiple rooms, one through another, in sequence, at once?
>> > That is, when standing in room A, you can both see and look through
>> > rooms B and C to room D?
>> > (One might want to widen the farther doors, but that's another
>> > problem.)
>> Or enfilade as in "an enfilade is a suite of rooms formally aligned with
>> each other"
> HmMm, that's probably the closest architecture gets me, although as
> one would expect from architecture it implies deliberate design, and
> also linearity.
> I have an analytical situation in which computer-generated multi-(say)-
> chamber forms are viewed internally and sequentially from their
> several chambers, eg
> A(B(C)(D))
> is viewed from B as
> B(C)(D)(A)
> from C as
> C(D)(B(A))
> and from D as
> D(C)(B(A))
> I've been, not entirely happily, calling these "eversions".
> I may adopt "enfilades", in spite of the reservations above.
> Thank you.
Years ago, I did a project where there were wide circulation spaces between all the rooms but because of the width (8 feet) and because the spaces were all wide open they couldn't really be called hallways. So we settled on the term interstice spaces to describe them. I.E. the space between two spaces.
> >> > Is there an architectural term (eg, "vista") for a situation in which
> >> > a building is arranged so that (with all doors open) you can view
> >> > multiple rooms, one through another, in sequence, at once?
> >> > That is, when standing in room A, you can both see and look through
> >> > rooms B and C to room D?
> >> > (One might want to widen the farther doors, but that's another
> >> > problem.)
> >> Or enfilade as in "an enfilade is a suite of rooms formally aligned with
> >> each other"
> > HmMm, that's probably the closest architecture gets me, although as
> > one would expect from architecture it implies deliberate design, and
> > also linearity.
> > I have an analytical situation in which computer-generated multi-(say)-
> > chamber forms are viewed internally and sequentially from their
> > several chambers, eg
> > A(B(C)(D))
> > is viewed from B as
> > B(C)(D)(A)
> > from C as
> > C(D)(B(A))
> > and from D as
> > D(C)(B(A))
> > I've been, not entirely happily, calling these "eversions".
> > I may adopt "enfilades", in spite of the reservations above.
> > Thank you.
> Years ago, I did a project where there were wide circulation spaces between
> all the rooms but because of the width (8 feet) and because the spaces were
> all wide open they couldn't really be called hallways. So we settled on the
> term interstice spaces to describe them. I.E. the space between two spaces.
The most charming application I've seen and used is interior windows.
I wanted sunlight in a basement area so I cut a nice large window in
wall to let it in, worked great. It also housed the bar.
That was windowed west room A , with a window in wall AB to light
up Room B nicely at sunset. Naturally, I centered it up bla-bla.
Ken
> > > Is there an architectural term (eg, "vista") for a situation in which
> > > a building is arranged so that (with all doors open) you can view
> > > multiple rooms, one through another, in sequence, at once?
> > > That is, when standing in room A, you can both see and look through
> > > rooms B and C to room D?
> > > (One might want to widen the farther doors, but that's another
> > > problem.)
> > Or enfilade as in "an enfilade is a suite of rooms formally aligned with
> > each other"
> HmMm, that's probably the closest architecture gets me, although as
> one would expect from architecture it implies deliberate design, and
> also linearity.
> I have an analytical situation in which computer-generated multi-(say)-
> chamber forms are viewed internally and sequentially from their
> several chambers, eg
> A(B(C)(D))
> is viewed from B as
> B(C)(D)(A)
> from C as
> C(D)(B(A))
> and from D as
> D(C)(B(A))
> I've been, not entirely happily, calling these "eversions".
> I may adopt "enfilades", in spite of the reservations above.
> Thank you.
HmMmm, "panoramas" . . . not quite the same, but . . . .
(I'd been leaning back toward not "eversions" but just "versions".)
