Texture

Texture

Texture definition it is the specific quality of the surface that results from tridimensional structures is used to describe the movements of the surface It can be used also to describe the familiar type of surface of different materials. Textures are "surface" designs which support the illusion of real substances or present invented composites. There are 2 types of texture. Real textures refers to surface illusions of wood, water, glass, clouds, fabrics, metal, etc. Visual textures are linear, shape and color patterns invented for specific areas of a composition. Creation of these is limitless. Textural screens are easily made with natural materials taped to cardboard as seen below.



Textures shows if an object is soft or is rough, and it reflects the real materials of things, with visual textures can be represent different types of concrete, wood, trees, stones or glasses.

The influence that textures has in space is variate, the rough stone is different than marble, because the firs is most coarse and the second is more soft, smooth and brilliant. Different textures can make different spaces, in terms related with color, light, softness and other aspects.



In architecture, the textures of an edification can says a lot of the meaning of it. In ancient times romans made buildings with stone, because it showed the strong of his empire. Nowadays different textures talks about the use of an edification, is not the same the wood of a house or the marble of a palace. In urban planning, the use of textures refers to the different spaces in the urban design, and the city itself, squares are different than gardens, and both different from just streets, textures in the city and buildings can help to create different spatial sensations to the citizen.