The Textbook of Architecture

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Marche

The sequence of spaces experienced when walking through a building, especially along its main axis; a key criterion in judging a Beaux-Arts plan.

See also: Parti, Axis

Rules that use the word

The marche. Arrange the principal spaces as a sequence along the main axis (steps, portico, vestibule, great hall, and beyond) so that the visitor’s progress through the building is itself the composition.

Where it appears in the book

In the chapters Enlightenment and Revival.

A feature of Beaux-Arts architecture.

Nearby in the glossary

Lotiform · Mandapa · Mansard · Maqsura · Martyrium · Maru · Mastaba · Medhi