2 to 3. When I work with it, its all visual, I don't think about the
numbers. Its all about seeing related shapes. Its kind of a discovery
process. It helps create a predictive model for understanding the work
of the designer and/or the builder. In my own design work, which is
rare, its a tool for avoiding arbitrary decisions about sizes and
shapes. Fortunately, it works fairly well with a lot of standard
building elements, like doors and windows, and I tend to use it for
placement of elements, more so than the actual size and shape.
If you listen to most folks explaining this it all rests on a fragile
house of cards. BUT, if you back off a bit. It is merely a way of
reducing the number of variables. Whether you are at heart a
mathematician, a scientist or an artist, reducing variables is quite
helpful. Artists call it a "limited Palette". Sometimes its called a
"color scheme". Some call it "style". Let's not get carried away with
ourselves. Its a tool. Its a damned good tool. But, it is not the
only tool you need, nor will it allow you to do good work if you are a
jackass.
-jc
On Feb 1, 2005, at 7:58 AM, Met History wrote:
> In a message dated 2/1/05 8:53:30 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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>
> From this point you can add squares, repeat the rectangle, or just draw
> diagnonal lines. Any rectangle with the same diagonal will be
> golden....sort of.
>
>
> so it's a one to three sort of thing? c
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