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« on: September 08, 2006, 01:50:36 pm » |
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I'm currently fixing up a condo, and I'm faced with a choice I can't make heads nor tails of, so I'm asking you guys. There's a big old hole between a hallway and a room in my condo where a door used to be. Now I decided I'm gonna leave it open, since it's quite practical. I don't want a rectangular door, so I decided to make a nice arch. The question is, do I want a true semi-cirle, or a more oval shaped arch? Both options are equally practical (though the semi-circle leaves a little less 'room' to walk through, it's still much more than your average doorway and a not a problem in the least), so the matter is purely aestetical. I took a pic from two perspectives, and photoshopped the arch in (kinda sloppily, but whatever). If it helps, the doorway is 4'3" wide, and the top of the arch is about 7'5" high (about 7" below the ceiling). I need a decision by monday, so please let me know which you think is the better option (ofcourse I'd like you to post any reason you might have as well). Thanks guys! I hereby present both options: Option 1: Semi-Circular Arch Option 2: Oval-Shaped Arch  |
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« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2006, 02:06:15 pm » |
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Hi, I will said the semi circular because it will give an impression of fluidity, altough the other one will be shocking because it's a "point d'accroche" for the eyes, it means that, in architecture, when you make it, you'll have a break in the line of vision. I don't know if I'm clear... That's my opinion  |
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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2006, 02:06:39 pm » |
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Semi-circle. What goes in an oval? Planets? Yeah, well planets get demoted and shit, so they suck. Can't even live on most of them. Ya know what a semi-circle is? Half a circle. You know what comes in circles? Pie.
Pie>planets. Semi-circle>oval.
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« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2006, 02:34:47 pm » |
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Semi-circle. What goes in an oval? Planets? Yeah, well planets get demoted and shit, so they suck. Can't even live on most of them. Ya know what a semi-circle is? Half a circle. You know what comes in circles? Pie.
Pie>planets. Semi-circle>oval.
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« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2006, 02:44:52 pm » |
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Semi-circle. What goes in an oval? Planets? Yeah, well planets get demoted and shit, so they suck. Can't even live on most of them. Ya know what a semi-circle is? Half a circle. You know what comes in circles? Pie.
Pie>planets. Semi-circle>oval.
except that planets arent eliptical, they are spheres, outside of the dwarf planet 2003EL61 |
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« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2006, 03:10:20 pm » |
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Semi Circle.
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« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2006, 03:31:04 pm » |
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Go with the oval. It opens the room up more and its less geometric shape adds character. You're building a place to live in, not a church.
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« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2006, 03:54:01 pm » |
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Semi-circle. What goes in an oval? Planets? Yeah, well planets get demoted and shit, so they suck. Can't even live on most of them. Ya know what a semi-circle is? Half a circle. You know what comes in circles? Pie.
Pie>planets. Semi-circle>oval.
except that planets arent eliptical, they are spheres, outside of the dwarf planet 2003EL61 That's not entirely true. Planets are deformed spheres. Even the earth isn't so perfectly rounded. At the center it's bulging slightly. |
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« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2006, 03:58:06 pm » |
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Semi-circle. What goes in an oval? Planets? Yeah, well planets get demoted and shit, so they suck. Can't even live on most of them. Ya know what a semi-circle is? Half a circle. You know what comes in circles? Pie.
Pie>planets. Semi-circle>oval.
except that planets arent eliptical, they are spheres, outside of the dwarf planet 2003EL61 That's not entirely true. Planets are deformed spheres. Even the earth isn't so perfectly rounded. At the center it's bulging slightly. Their orbits are ovals, like I said. If "deformed sphere" was an option I would have said "semi-circle" was a better idea. |
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« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2006, 04:03:38 pm » |
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« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2006, 05:37:49 pm » |
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The semi circle, even though it takes up more room, draws your eyes upwards with its shape and therefore gives the impression of more room.
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« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2006, 09:47:38 pm » |
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I'm with Doug, though he expressed the reason why better than I could.
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« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2006, 08:21:54 am » |
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Oval looks like a failed half-circle. If you first want to arch, arch properly. Oval is neither this or that really..
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« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2006, 08:25:45 am » |
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I think CF just read my mind. That is indeed my major "worry" regarding the oval.
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<j_orlove> I am semi-religious
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<j_orlove> the half that tells me how to live my life
<j_orlove> but not the half that tells me how others should live theirs
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« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2006, 11:13:13 am » |
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Oval looks like a failed half-circle. If you first want to arch, arch properly. Oval is neither this or that really..
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In my grandmother's old house, she had these type of oval arches, and literally every time I went there, I thought the builder was just like, "ah fuck it, who's going to notice?" Definitely go with the semi-circle. |
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« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2006, 08:00:41 pm » |
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Go with whatever the most reoccuring theme is within your condo. Be it oval or semi-circle. If that fails go with the cheapest.
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« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2006, 01:42:09 pm » |
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  OK, it's decision time tomorrow! I shopped the mess away, threw in a wooden floor and made the walls white (as they will be). Note the awesome Rocketeer poster I threw in for goor measure I'm slightly preferring the round one over the elliptical one. |
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<j_orlove> I am semi-religious
<BR4M> I like that. which half of god do you believe in?
<j_orlove> the half that tells me how to live my life
<j_orlove> but not the half that tells me how others should live theirs
R.I.P. Rudy van Soest a.k.a. MoreFling
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« Reply #17 on: September 11, 2006, 03:26:48 am » |
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Looks good. The semi-circle is the more elegant version. The Oval just looks fat, and quite unproportioned. You can do Ovals when you have so much space that nobody will really notice it's an oval, or when you need to cover space that is wider than high. This is apparently not the case here, so I'd go semi-circular.
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« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2006, 04:31:22 am » |
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Oval only looks cool if the radius of the ellips in the vertical direction is larger then the radius of the ellips in the horizontal direction. As neither design equals those specs, go with the closest approximation, which is the semi circle.
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« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2006, 11:50:51 am » |
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