Rhythm

** __Rythm__ ** 

Rhythm is the repetition and relationship between elements. Those elements can be dots, lines, shapes, colors and dimensions, among others. It can also be the repetitions of differences or a pattern of elements. We see rhythm in arts, architecture, sculpture, and in many other fields.

Rhythm can be indefinite and open or definite and closed. The open ones are repetitions of similar elements that have different beginnings and ends. The closed ones have defined relations with similar elements in the entrance and exit.

Some repetitions are constructed with straight lines and with waves. Some progressions like spirals are constructed with the decomposition of regular lines and circles. ** __Types of Rhythm__ **

•Repetition of shapes: Windows, doors, columns, wall areas, arches.

• Repetition of dimensions: Such as the dimensions between supports or those of bay spacing.

• Repetition of differences: Such as ascending and descending progressions.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">• Indefinite and open: A mere repetition of similar units equally spaced and without a defined beginning or a defined end.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande',Arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">• Definite and closed: Rhythms can be closed by changing the shapes of the units at the ends.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande',Arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">• Rhythm of lines: Can be merely systematic variations of linear lengths or curvatures

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande',Arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">• Interior rhythm: The changing and progressive rhythm of shapes. Ex: Pennsylvania Station

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande',Arial; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline;">• Exterior rhythms: the problem is in the rhythms of the masses themselves. Ex: Rockefeller Center and Daily News building. <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
 * __Bay spacing__ **

Each space or interval between the frames of steel building is a bay

__**Setback**:__ Structure where a wall or a building narrows abruptly



__ **Narraw** __ Limited in size or scope