ARCH–SPA–JUD
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Donald Judd (architecture)
Systems of Clarity
Geometry organizing spatial order
ARCH–SPA–JUD
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Geometry organizing spatial order
Donald Judd (architecture)
ARCH–SPA–JUD
Geometry organizing spatial order
Index Code:
ARCH–SPA–JUD
Orgin:
Field Notes:
Planes arranged with intent • Space treated as object • Volume read without ornament
Defining Moment:
The Chinati Foundation revealed Judd’s spatial method — volumes, cuts, and sequences treated as literal, inhabitable extensions of his sculptural logic.

Donald Judd (architecture)

( 
1960s–1990s
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Judd’s work forms a world built from exact proportion — space defined through interval, module, and the directness of form.

Light sharpens the edges of each volume.

Planes remain unbroken, continuous, true.

Rooms read as measured systems.

Edges align with precision.

Volume asserts itself through pure geometry.

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Material becomes structure without mediation.

Structural Focus

Boundary as Event

Edges, margins, thresholds, or limits carry meaning. Structure concentrates where form nearly disappears.

In Donald Judd’s architectural work, this approach appears where buildings frame space through proportion and restraint.

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Boundary as Event

Edges, margins, thresholds, or limits carry meaning. Structure concentrates where form nearly disappears.

In Donald Judd’s architectural work, this approach appears where buildings frame space through proportion and restraint.
Hard Systems
Form is governed by rigid rules, limits, and non-negotiable constraints.
Systems of Clarity
Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.
Structure
Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.
Proportion
Proportion organizes coherence through measured intervals, scale, and relation.
Architecture
Form organizes space through structure, proportion, and material decision.
Minimalism (Architecture)
Architectural form is reduced to essential structure and proportion.
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Structual Relations
The following practices are connected through shared structural decisions in form, material, and spatial logic.

By Structural Focus

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How are these related?
Quiet Modernism relates practices through how form is organized rather than how it appears. Connections emerge through shared structural conditions — such as repetition, constraint, spatial organization, material behavior, or duration — even when outcomes differ.

A single grouping may reflect multiple overlapping structural concerns.
John Pawson
Geometry organizing spatial order
Tadao Ando
Material determining architectural form

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