Its primary representatives were Max Wertheimer, Kurt Koffka, Wolfgang Kohler and, through philosophical relationships, Kurt Lewin. In architecture, proponents of Gestalt psychology included such researchers as Juliusz Żórawski, Sven Hesselgren, Rudolf Arnheim and Christian pp. 370, 371].2 Gestalt is a word for figures, shapes or forms in German. The word refers to a whole, system, or configuration. The key term of Gestalt gave rise to the name of Gestaltpsychologie [1, pp. 370, 371].3 The figure stands for a shape defined by its contour or/and plane and maintaining its visual autonomy. The figures are characterised by be ing finite, closed and foreground against the clearly separated ground. Groups of elements, between which topological relationships have been created, can also be read as figures. The structure of the system of ele ments adopts a specific shape and is subject to common principles. Those
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