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Frontal surfaces and longitudinal surfaces

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Description: Frontal surfaces and longitudinal surfaces
TitleFrontal surfaces and longitudinal surfaces
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator name (description)Unknown
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Creation dateUnknown
Creation date (description)Unknown
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
MaterialsUnknown
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LocationUnknown
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SubjectsArchitecture and philosophyEnvironmental engineeringArchitecture, Japanese
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3. Visual Perception of Planes
Tadahiko Higuchi, Charles S. Terry (Translator)
Description: The Visual and Spatial Structure of Landscapes
The Visual and Spatial Structure of Landscapes
Thus far, landscapes have been discussed in terms of ground features and transformations in the appearance of trees as the distance from the point of observation increases or decreases. Landscapes can also be analyzed in a more abstract fashion...
Author
Tadahiko Higuchi, Charles S. Terry (Translator)
PublisherMIT Press
Copyright© 1983 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Related print edition pages: pp.24-35
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00164.005
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16542&redirecttoanchor=22948
Chapter subject tags:LandscapesGardens, JapaneseLakesArchitecture, JapaneseArchitecture and philosophy

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Description: Landscape seen as composed of surfaces
Landscape seen as composed of surfaces
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Landscape seen as composed of surfaces
Landscape seen as composed of surfaces
Description: Frontal surface and angles of incidence
Frontal surface and angles of incidence
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Frontal surface and angles of incidence
Frontal surface and angles of incidence
Description: Visibility of a plane in relationship to its slope
Visibility of a plane in relationship to its slope
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Visibility of a plane in relationship to...
Visibility of a plane in relationship to its slope
Description: Careful landscaping suggested by Gordon Cullen
Careful landscaping suggested by Gordon Cullen
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator name (description)suggested by Gordon Cullen
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Careful landscaping suggested by Gordon...
Careful landscaping suggested by Gordon Cullen
Description: Height of vantage point and area of visibility
Height of vantage point and area of visibility
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Height of vantage point and area of...
Height of vantage point and area of visibility
Description: Depth of invisibility caused by a sand dune
Depth of invisibility caused by a sand dune
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator name (description)From Sylvia Crowe
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Depth of invisibility caused by a sand...
Depth of invisibility caused by a sand dune
Description: Depth of invisibility caused by a nearby and a distant obstacle
Depth of invisibility caused by a nearby and a distant obstacle
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Depth of invisibility caused by a nearby...
Depth of invisibility caused by a nearby and a distant obstacle
Description: Height of vantage point and angle of incidence
Height of vantage point and angle of incidence
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Height of vantage point and angle of...
Height of vantage point and angle of incidence
Description: Trees hiding a group of steel towers
Trees hiding a group of steel towers
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator name (description)From Sylvia Crowe
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Trees hiding a group of steel towers
Trees hiding a group of steel towers
Description: Chart registering visibility in Nara and Kyoto, measured every day at 3 p.m. during...
Chart registering visibility in Nara and Kyoto, measured every day at 3 p.m. during 1954
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator name (description)Data supplied by the Nara and Kyoto Weather Bureaus
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Chart registering visibility in Nara and...
Chart registering visibility in Nara and Kyoto, measured every day at 3 p.m. during 1954
Description: Angles of depression
Angles of depression
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Angles of depression
Angles of depression
Description: Map showing that the dotted line representing a 10 degree angle of depression from...
Map showing that the dotted line representing a 10 degree angle of depression from the 250 meter observatory platform at Tokyo Tower reaches within a very short distance of Tokyo Bay
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Map showing that the dotted line...
Map showing that the dotted line representing a 10 degree angle of depression from the 250 meter observatory platform at Tokyo Tower reaches within a very short distance of Tokyo Bay
Description: Changes in the appearance of a building as the angle of depression varies
Changes in the appearance of a building as the angle of depression varies
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Changes in the appearance of a building...
Changes in the appearance of a building as the angle of depression varies
Description: Tokyo Bay seen from the 150 meter observatory platform at Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Bay seen from the 150 meter observatory platform at Tokyo Tower
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Tokyo Bay seen from the 150 meter...
Tokyo Bay seen from the 150 meter observatory platform at Tokyo Tower
Description: Two types of views of mountains
Two types of views of mountains
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Two types of views of mountains
Two types of views of mountains
Description: Distance ranges of various mountains forming principal objects in landscapes (place...
Distance ranges of various mountains forming principal objects in landscapes (place from which viewed appears in parentheses)
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Distance ranges of various mountains...
Distance ranges of various mountains forming principal objects in landscapes (place from which viewed appears in parentheses)
Description: Percentage of attention devoted to looking at the skyline (seated informants)
Percentage of attention devoted to looking at the skyline (seated informants)
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Percentage of attention devoted to...
Percentage of attention devoted to looking at the skyline (seated informants)
Description: Longitudinal surface and angles of incidence
Longitudinal surface and angles of incidence
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Longitudinal surface and angles of...
Longitudinal surface and angles of incidence
Description: Facades appearing as large surfaces with large angles of incidence along a curving...
Facades appearing as large surfaces with large angles of incidence along a curving road
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator name (description)From Igor de Wolfe
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Facades appearing as large surfaces with...
Facades appearing as large surfaces with large angles of incidence along a curving road
Description: Varying depths of invisibility caused by walls of different height
Varying depths of invisibility caused by walls of different height
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Varying depths of invisibility caused by...
Varying depths of invisibility caused by walls of different height
Description: Middle sembon
Middle sembon
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Middle sembon
Middle sembon
Description: Appearance of trees on sloping terrain
Appearance of trees on sloping terrain
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Appearance of trees on sloping terrain
Appearance of trees on sloping terrain
Description: Map showing that the dotted line representing a 10 degree angle of depression from...
Map showing that the dotted line representing a 10 degree angle of depression from the top of Mount Hakodate cuts across the town and harbor
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Map showing that the dotted line...
Map showing that the dotted line representing a 10 degree angle of depression from the top of Mount Hakodate cuts across the town and harbor
Description: Minimum horizontal angle for a short-distance view
Minimum horizontal angle for a short-distance view
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Minimum horizontal angle for a...
Minimum horizontal angle for a short-distance view
Description: Percentage of attention devoted to looking at the skyline (standing informants)
Percentage of attention devoted to looking at the skyline (standing informants)
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Percentage of attention devoted to...
Percentage of attention devoted to looking at the skyline (standing informants)
Description: Terrain Model
Terrain Model
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Terrain Model
Terrain Model
Description: Chart showing distribution of angles for elevation for various mountains as seen...
Chart showing distribution of angles for elevation for various mountains as seen from observation points associated with them (in parentheses following the names of the mountains)
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Chart showing distribution of angles for...
Chart showing distribution of angles for elevation for various mountains as seen from observation points associated with them (in parentheses following the names of the mountains)
Description: Limit of angle of depression and vertical sense of "here" and...
Limit of angle of depression and vertical sense of "here" and "there
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Limit of angle of depression and...
Limit of angle of depression and vertical sense of "here" and "there
Description: Visual compositions when eye looks down on view
Visual compositions when eye looks down on view
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Visual compositions when eye looks down...
Visual compositions when eye looks down on view
Description: Night View of Hakodate (Hokkaido)
Night View of Hakodate (Hokkaido)
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Night View of Hakodate (Hokkaido)
Night View of Hakodate (Hokkaido)
Description: The port of Yokohama from Minato no Mieru Oka Park (Kanagawa Prefecture)
The port of Yokohama from Minato no Mieru Oka Park (Kanagawa Prefecture)
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
The port of Yokohama from Minato no...
The port of Yokohama from Minato no Mieru Oka Park (Kanagawa Prefecture)
Description: Perspective made in accordance with the areas of visibility and invisibility in...
Perspective made in accordance with the areas of visibility and invisibility in figure 2.1, as determined by the aerial photograph method
Posted by:John Carlson
Mar 02
Creator nameHiguchi, Tadahiko
Creator nationality/cultureJapanese
Creator roleArchitect
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
Perspective made in accordance with the...
Perspective made in accordance with the areas of visibility and invisibility in figure 2.1, as determined by the aerial photograph method

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