Pattern 249
Ornament
Context Main Entrance110 · Building Edge160 · Connection to the Earth168 · Garden Wall173 · Window Place180 · Corner Doors196 · Frames as Thickened Edges225 · Column Place226 · Column Connections227 · Roof Caps232 · Soft Inside Walls235 · Sitting Wall243
Problem
Decoration applied at random to a flat surface, with no relation to how the building is actually put together, reads as merely stuck on — it explains nothing about the structure it decorates.
Solution
Place ornament at the seams and joints of a building, exactly where one part meets another, so decorative detail grows visibly out of the construction itself rather than looking pasted on.
Usage Wall Membrane218 · Frames as Thickened Edges225 · Lapped Outside Walls234 · Soft Inside Walls235 · Soft Tile and Brick248 · Warm Colors250 · Half-Inch Trim240 · Things From Your Life253