{"id":5179,"date":"2025-01-06T12:38:44","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T20:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/?p=5179"},"modified":"2025-01-06T12:38:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T20:38:44","slug":"building-blocks-of-history-part-7-intercolumniation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/building-blocks-of-history-part-7-intercolumniation\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Blocks of History: Part 7 &#8211; Intercolumniation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Alright, you\u2019ve done your research, you\u2019ve meticulously scoured the internet for examples of the different orders to find the exact one to fit your style, you\u2019re ready to pull the trigger when you ask yourself \u201cHow do I know how many of these I need?\u201d Don\u2019t worry, Vitruvius had an answer for that as well, intercolumniation. Odds are that is a word you have never heard, so I will do my best to define it here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intercolumniation refers to the proportional spacing between columns in a colonnade. There are 6 different standard \u201cstyles\u201d based on the diameter of the widest (bottom) part of the column shaft. As always, while these are presented as \u201crules\u201d they do not have to be followed to the letter of the law if it does not make sense for your project, some of the most famous examples of architecture don\u2019t even follow them, but it is a good starting point. Below I will define each style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Styles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Pycnostyle<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pycnostyle is the narrowest of the styles, dictating the spacing between your columns should be 1 \u00bd diameters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example:<\/strong> If your columns are 12\u201d bottom diameter, your columns should be spaced 18\u201d apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Systyle<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Systyle Intercolumniations ups Pycnostyle a little bit, calling for spacing of 2 diameters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example: <\/strong>If your columns are 12\u201d bottom diameter, your columns should be 24\u201d apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left\"><br><strong>Eustyle<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Eustyle Intercolumniation was considered by Vitruvius to be the perfect proportional spacing, calling for a gap of 2 \u00bc diameters, with a gap of 3 diameters between middle columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example: <\/strong>If your columns are 12\u201d bottom diameter, the two middle columns should be 36\u201d apart, with each subsequent column being 27\u201d apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Diastyle<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Diastyle calls for a gap of 3 diameters between each column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example: <\/strong>If your columns are 12\u201d bottom diameter, the columns should be 36\u201d apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Araeostyle<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Araeostyle calls for the largest gap of the styles, calling for 4 diameters or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example: <\/strong>If your columns are 12\u201d bottom diameter, the gap should be 48\u201d or larger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Araeosystyle<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Araeosystyle alternates the spacing between Araeostyle and Systyle.<br><br><strong>Example: <\/strong>If your columns are 12\u201d bottom diameter, the first gap would be 48\u201d, then 27\u201d, then 48\u201d etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Intercolumniation.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5180\" width=\"843\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Intercolumniation.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Intercolumniation-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Alright, you\u2019ve done your research, you\u2019ve meticulously scoured the internet for examples of the different orders to find the exact one to fit your style, you\u2019re ready to pull the trigger when you ask yourself \u201cHow do I know how many of these I need?\u201d Don\u2019t worry, Vitruvius had an answer for that as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":5180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[293],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5181,"href":"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179\/revisions\/5181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.architecturaldepot.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}