The Balance Problem Set

Problem 9 Tutorial: Asymmetry

Question: Which of the three floor plans below is the best example of asymmetry?

Plan Pantheon, Rome, Italy, (118-128)

Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater, Pennsylvania (1936)

Bernini, Plan St. Andrea al Quirinale, Rome, Italy

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Barcelona Pavillion, Barcelona, Spain

Asymmetry simply means "not symmetrical", that is, unequal in size or shape on either side of an imaginary line or axis. The plan or elevation may not have an axis at all, but may be a composition of unequal parts. Asymmetrical plans rely on the placement of these unequal parts to create balance.

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