Design Principles for Achieving Interior Spatiality

Abstract

Achieving spatiality is one of the essential topics in designing the ambience in which a certain visual effect can be carried out or a higher level of spatial comfort obtained. The methods relied on to achieve this are various: from shaping the physical boundaries of space by use of open plan, flexibility, enfilade or circular connection, partial, directed or complete opening of space towards its surroundings, up to application of some of the optical illusions that redefine the experience of space boundaries. Depending on the method used, spatial contours can be clearly defined or more or less obvious, or a space can be formed, which does not reveal all its qualities through static observation, inviting the viewers to pass through it in order to fully perceive it. If there is a lack of physical possibilities, and also as an addition to previous methods, it is also possible to change the perceptive image of the space through virtual build-up with the help of some of the optical illusions. The aim of this paper is systematization and critical examination of basic designers’ principles which, in the domain of organization, shaping or materialization of the interior, achieve a higher level of spatiality.