Perception and Proportion

Synopsis

Anne Tyng, long-time collaborator of Louis I Kahn in his Philadelphia office, is an associate professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. She says: ‘We see as a result of how we are made. A similar geometry orders natural form and human perception. An order based on a sequence of geometric principles underlies the evolution of natural forms. The same ordering sequence appears in architectural history as the underlying geometry of changing styles...The human spirit has transformed the geometry of natural systems to symbols in architecture, in science and in art’.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia; Audiocassette. 25 min; 24 slides. col.

Year of production

1980

Availability

Sale

Subjects

Architecture; Psychology

Keywords

architectural design; perception

Credits

Producer

Monica Pidgeon

Contributor

Leonie Cohn

Cast

Anne Tyng

Production Company

Name

Pidgeon Audio Visual

Notes

see World Microfilms and Pidgeon Digital

Distributor

Name

World Microfilms

Contact

Stephen Albert

Email

microworld@ndirect.co.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7586 4499

Fax

020 7722 1068

Address

PO Box 35488
St John’s Wood
London
NW8 6WD

Notes

World Microfilms distributes the Audio Forum collection of CDs for language learning and the Sussex Tapes library of video and audio material for sixth form and undergraduate teaching. The Sussex Tapes collection concentrates on the areas of English, history and music. Architecture programmes from the Masters of Architecture and Pidgeon Digital (qv) series of slides are sold on DVD as well as being accessible online via subscription.