Understanding the Implications of Built Form and Architectural Elements on Choreographing Movement of an observer (Through the Museum works of Architect Le Corbusier)

Abstract

Architecture is subject to laws and these laws are expressed through two levels of systems being the form and the spaces. Architects combine geometrical shapes and forms to give buildings a specific appearance. They also combine spaces to give buildings a specific experience through movement. Experience of an observer in a built space is dependent on the form and the space created along with the guiding factor of movement in that space. Form affects the space and its perception. Architecture is always planned to give an experience to the observer through various factors and one of such factors is moment in that space. The sequence of moment created in a space by dividing it in horizontal and vertical moment is like dance around that space. Movement not only define space but also provides experience and contributes towards the spatial characteristics of the space. This research will be primarily based on one of such theories of Le Corbusier’s – “Architectural Promenade”. Architecture creates spaces to look at and experience through movement and through observation. It is on this additional dimension that this paper seeks to explore how through designs,architects can enhance the user experience in the built environment through movement and the architecture promenade.The paper will use promenade theory as the conceptual framework to gain a better understanding of the relationship of form, space character and movement in the creation of architecture and will extend up to understanding the 5 elements of promenade in depth and establishing the methodology through it thus refining the episodes in the chosen works of Corbusier, by relating the theories with the built spaces while moving inside it.