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    Subtractive forms are geometric solids that have had portions of their volumes removed, but still retain their original formal identities. Simple forms like cubes and spheres can become subtractive through partial removal of volume without compromising edges or profile. However, ambiguity arises when the portion cut away erodes defining edges, drastically altering the original shape. The document explores how much volume can be subtracted before a square becomes an L-shape.

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    Subtractive forms are geometric solids that have had portions of their volumes removed, but still retain their original formal identities. Simple forms like cubes and spheres can become subtractive through partial removal of volume without compromising edges or profile. However, ambiguity arises when the portion cut away erodes defining edges, drastically altering the original shape. The document explores how much volume can be subtracted before a square becomes an L-shape.

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    SU B TR A C TIVE FOR M

    We search for regularity and continuity in the forms we


    see within our field of vision. If any of the primary solids
    is partially hidden from our view, we tend to complete its
    form and visualize it as if it were whole because the mind
    fills in what the eyes do not see. In a similar manner, when
    regular forms have fragments missing from their volumes,
    they retain their formal identities if we perceive them as
    incomplete wholes. We refer to these mutilated forms as
    subtractive forms.

    Because they are easily recognizable, simple geometric


    forms, such as the primary solids, adapt readily to
    subtractive treatment. These forms will retain their formal
    identities if portions of their volumes are removed without
    deteriorating their edges, corners, and overall profile.

    Ambiguity regarding the original identity of a form will result


    if the portion removed from its volume erodes its edges and
    drastically alters its profile.

    In this series of figures, at what point does the square


    shape with a corner portion removed become an L- shaped
    configuration of two rectangular planes?

    5 8 / ARC HIT EC T UR E: FOR M , S PA C E , & O R D E R


    S U BT R AC T I V E F ORM

    Gorman Residence, Amagansett, New York, 1968, Julian and Barbara Neski

    House at Stabio, Ticino, Switzerland, 1981, Mario Botta

    Spatial volumes may be subtracted from a form to create recessed


    entrances, positive courtyard spaces, or window openings shaded
    by the vertical and horizontal surfaces of the recess.
    Khasneh al Faroun, Petra, 1st century A.D.

    FORM / 5 9

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