42 Hierarchy
The arrangement of elements according to their value or to the relative importance they hold in a system.
Further Reading
Kenya Hara, Haptic—Awakening the Senses Exhibition. www.ndc.co.jp/hara/en/works/2014/08/haptic.html.com.
“Haptics and Vision in Architecture.” Jasmien Herssens, Ann Heylighen, (2008).
Many disciplines define hierarchy as predominantly a visual term. In interior design, it can also be considered a spatial term, and, in a more complex way, haptic and aural phenomenons.
Treating hierarchy as a set of visual cues gives the designer authority over the narrative of a space. When we approach a room, either conceptually or literally, there is the total room—the openings ...
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