spatial arrangement
How things sit
Spatial arrangement is how objects or elements are positioned in relation to each other within a space.
The term appears in contexts from interior design to molecular chemistry: The spatial arrangement of furniture affects how people move through a room.
In science, it often describes three-dimensional configurations: The spatial arrangement of atoms determines a molecule's properties.
- adjacencyState of being beside
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- schematicsTechnical drawings of systems
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- negative spaceEmpty area around forms
white space · floor plans · topology · tessellation · jigsaw puzzle · layout · open plan · blueprints · dispersion · scatter plot · clustering · proximity · personal space · datum · composition · partitioning · interstitial · street grids
- compositionbalance, symmetry, asymmetry, proportion, layout
- stagingstaging, stage, set, set design, set dressing
- set designset construction, set design, set dressing, set decoration, set pieces
- interior designdecor, furniture, color schemes, color scheme, floor plans
- interiorsrooms, bedrooms, walls, kitchens, floors
- organizationteam, group, company, department, club
order vs. disorder
spatial arrangementdisarray
Lack of order
jumble · formlessness · disorder · scattering · disorganization