Wednesday, 4 May 2011

Rule of Thirds

When taking a photo, most photographers try to capture their image in accordance with the rule of thirds. This has been derived as a mathematical formula to produce the most dynamic and visually appealing photos. The basic principle is to break up the object into three equal columns and three equal rows and then orientate the most interesting points along the intersections.

Here is an example.

As you can see, the image has been split into 9 sections and the focal points have been orientated to the intersections.

This got me thinking about how I want my building to look.

As the building can be easily seen from the city, I'm wondering whether it would be possible to have the building orientate to fit the grid, so that when viewing from the city the building follows the rule, therefore becoming a visually appealing building.

On the other hand, it could be easier to simply have a digital facade which is representitive of the rule and hide the rest of the building behind it.

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