Analysis of Geometric Topology and How It Creates Spatial Figure Grounds

The interaction between the constructs and the ground of the site create what is known as a spatial figure ground. The embedment of the constructs in the ground cause an axial figure ground to appear where the mind perceives the spaces between the constructs as mass and the actual constructs as part of the ground. In my analysis I built and edge emphasizing the southeast corner of the nunnery quadrangle. This location is important in that it lies at the intersecting of the main vertical axis and the horizontal axis. In addition to this, a smaller scale figure ground is created within the quadrangle of the nunnery. I composed the model of a number of vertical and horizontal linear elements to represent the general shape of the figure ground and the nunnery while the angular planar elements create a contrast representative of the topography of the site.