Massing in Architectural Design

It refers to the site and its climate.

• Surface

• Texture

• Tone

• Context

Results from the hues of the spectrum.

• Surface

• Tone

• Texture

• Color

Uses a system that requires expensive and energy-consuming equipment to operate electric water heaters and air-conditioners.

• Analogical Design

• Active Solar Design

• Passive Solar Design

As in the case of surfaces, which are painted or decorated by man.

• Inherent Color

• Applied Color

• Texture

• Tone

Deals with shape, and when the figure is 3-D, it becomes mass or volume we should proceed to design from the General (massing) and Particular (detailing).

• Form

• Surface

• Tone

• Context

Areas of material which enclose a building and are of secondary importance to the masses which they create.

• Form

• Surface

• Texture

• Context

This refers to the quality of surface treatment, whether the material is rough or smooth.

• Form

• Surface

• Texture

• Tone

So called because it employs no sophisticated collector and no expensive technology to harness the sun's energy.

• Analogical Design

• Active Solar Design

• Passive Solar Design

A variety in the use of gradation from black to gray to white and from dark to light.

• Color

• Tone

• Context

• Surface

Natural color on materials like stone, marble, or wood.

• Inherent Color

• Applied Color

• Texture

• Tone