1.1A DIAGRAMMING

Conceptually, a field condition is a way of connecting different elements while maintaining their individual character. The overall composition is entirely flexible but the integrity of each individual and their relationship to one another remains intact and connected. The dialogue between the different elements is therefore more important.

Classical architecture is a system of geometric proportion governed by precise rules such as symmetry, axiality, and sequence. Though these types of building have evolved through time, their composition as a whole has remained the same. For example, St. Peter’s Church in Rome has been added onto and renovated quite extensively throughout the ages but it has been done in a manner that has maintained its basic geometrical language, tending toward compositional closure. The Great Mosque of Cordoba has also gone through a series of additions and yet  with each one the typology of the structure remained intact. What is quite remarkable is that this remained true even after it transformed from a Mosque into a church.

Minimalism centers around removing all excess to focus on the purity of form. There is a singularity between shape and surface. For example, a painting of a forested landscape might consist of single line to describe the terrain, green triangles to represent the trees, and a circle in the sky to represent the sun.

Often when we see things in nature that appear on the surface to be random. However, field phenomenons are in fact governed by a precise set of conditions. When it comes to a flock of birds or a school of fish, slight variations may occur as a result of local conditions, however, the overall pattern will remain the same. Crowds and swarms, on the other hand, are more chaotic and less predictable, operating at the line of control. They can be divided into subcategories such as open and closed, slow and quick, and rhythmic and stagnating to better describe the pattern that occurs.