Rhythm


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Introduction to Rhythm



Vocabulary building
SETBACKS: Structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly



BAY SPACING: Each space or interval between the frames of a steel building is a “bay”.



DIMINISHING: Decrease in size, extend or range



GABLES: The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.

STACCATO: Marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply.

Read this text about Rhythm Make sure to understand... The concept of rhytm
Rhytm is an attribute of any object that is marked by a systematic recurrence of elements having recognizable relationships between them. In Urban Plannig the Rhythm is obtained by means of the organization of the buildings in a visually agreeable form and that corresponds with the activities that are given in the environment, beside being depending on the hierarchy and importance inside the urban area of the buildings. There are many types of rhythm which are of special importance in buildings. First, there is the repetition of shapes: windows, doors, columns, wall areas, arches, and the like. Second, there is the repetition of dimensions, such as the dimensions between supports or those of bay spacing. A third and more complex type of rhythm is based on the repetition of differences.
 * The different kinds of rhytms**

Think of building or spaces that fulfill the different kinds of rhythms

**Repetition of shapes**



**Repetition of dimensions**



**Repetition of differences**



· Take notes (you can create a mindmap or any graphic organizer) about the text on your "Rhythm" wiki page. Illustrate your notes with pictures Rhythms may be ** indefinite and open ** or ** definite and closed **. A mere repetition of similar units equally spaced and without a defined beginning or a defined end is called an ** open rhythm **.
 * Rhythms

can be **** closed ** by changing the shapes of the units at the ends or by changing the size of the units at the ends. It can also be closed by adding to each end a strongly marked opposing rhythm.



. Such rhythms can be merely systematic variations of linear lengths or curvatures. Strong influence on modern architects, especially Mies van der Rohe.
 * the rhythm of lines **



This plan has a marked rhythmical character based on repetitions of wall planes and supports, and on alternations of closed and open views.

The spiral ** is one of the most rhythmical of forms because of its combination of repeated curves around a focus and the continual progressive change in the radius of the curvature.



interior spaces rhythms: the changing and progressive rhythm of shapes, with alternations of open and closed, big and little, wide and narrow, create an ordered variety of effect which contribute to the power of great and monumental structures.



exterior spaces rhythms: There has to be a rhythmical basis for the changing heights, widths, and setbacks.





** In this picture we can see a typical suburb with the new urbanism style. The creation of identical sequences of houses creates de rhythm in this urban area. But rhythm not necessarily is a continuous repetition of shapes, it needs to be paused, and change in a way to make it dynamic, and move, like music. This is not a good urban planned space in my opinion. ** 