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Featured Image Takeaway Design Strategy:

The transition that exists between your different architectural elements can really help to guide your occupant’s gaze (visual attention) as they scope out your work. You see, perception is really an act of exploring — and when you guide your occupants to explore within your work, you are in a sense inviting them to experience it more intimately along their journey. So, as you design your different architectural elements, and the way they “fit” together, be sure to also seriously consider their in-between design gestures. That is, you should allow your various connections to “talk” to their surrounding elements in a way that guides the eye to experience your space.

To Apply This Strategy, Ask Yourself:

Transition can be created by using techniques involving rhythm, variations in geometric forms, or play with masses and voids that guide your occupants to explore the space. Remember that you are creating a unique architectural “language” with your work, and the transitions which you embed within are your “words” that guide your occupants through.

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