15 Properties: Binding Family

Binding Family Fifteen properties

1: Levels of scale: I made the wallpapers varying scale to define a space and the center of the main room. The larger print moves your eye towards a center.
2. Strong centers: Each room focuses your eye to a central object or space. Symmetry was used to help define these centers. A strong sense of balance helps focus your view on a center in each space as well. The entire condo also has a central main room that runs the entire length and helps the family bond.
3. Boundaries: A thick boundary is created around the central main room by the two halls that flank it. This helps define it as the center.
4. Alternating Repetition: The wallpaper has an repetitive pattern on it, which helps tie the main room together. The slanted bookcases also have a repetitive pattern, which helps tie the office to the library. There is also a circular motif carried through each room.
5. Positive Space: Strong negative an positive space is created by the bookshelves in the library. The spaces in between the books becomes as important as the shelving and the books.
6. Good Shape: A circular motif is carried throughout each space. This roundness contrasts with the linear space and creates interest in each room.
7. Local Symmetries: The objects in the kitchen and living remain close to the ground. The chandelier in the dining room and the pattern of light created on the ceiling raise your eye up and break up the central core into two balanced sides with a raised center.
8. Deep Interlock and Ambiguity: All the rooms within the condo are tied together through materials and color. The wood floor is carried throughout the entire house and carried up to some of the walls. The color palette is consistent in every space as well as certain round shapes. This makes all of the spaces cohesive.
9. Contrast: Red is contrasted against grey, white, and a light neutral. Round shapes are also contrasted against against rectilinear shapes.
10. Roughness: The center in the library is created from the shapes in the bookcase and the catwalk above. The ball chairs create a contrast against the surrounding and help define the center
11. Gradients: Gradients of red and grey are carried throughout the condo.
12. Echoes: Circles are echoed on each room. They are used at different scales and places so as not to seem monotonous. The echoes help tie all of the room together as well.
13. The Void: Walls are left mostly empty with vast expanses of nothing. This gives your eye a place to rest and makes the space seem calm. There are also large empty spaces in between each room. This helps define space without the use of walls an allows for the creation of an open central space.
14. Simplicity of Inner Calm: The best example of this is the reading space adjacent to the office. This is a calm place meant for daydreaming and reading. I wanted to rid the space of all distractions while still keeping it comfortable. The light grey wallpaper and wooden wall make a happy marriage in that calm corner.
15. Non-Separateness: Through a distinct color palette, repetition of pattern and shapes, and use of materials each space within the condo is unique, with its own center, yet at the same time each space contributes to the whole.