Positive/Negative SpaceAs we look at the world, we tend to organize our visual field into two opposing groups: positive elements that we perceive as figures, and negative elements that provide a background for the figures. While at first these two concepts — positive and negative space — seem opposites, in fact each depends upon the other. Positive elements that hold our attention could not exist without a contrasting background. Architectural structures are perceived (and designed) to form an inseparable unity of form and space — of positive and negative elements. Buildings and structures are typically perceived as positive space, while the sky and ground around the structures are interpreted as negative space. |
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