Spatial optimization describes how different objects fit together in a space that they work efficiently and are economical and affordable. It is a powerful system to explore potentials of a given room to improve the spatial coherence of functions and also can be achieved by functional coherence. This term suggest the maximum use that can be made out of that space. Spatial optimization in a two bed room dwelling unit could be achieved by providing room of optimum sizes, placed in the order of functional requirement, avoiding any undesirable circulation space constructed in a feasible manner and also considering each room as a three dimensional space and not just two-dimensional plan. By using such ideas, economical yet functional housing unit could be easily designed for the masses.
It is important to consider contemporary daily activities that happen in any middle class household so as to provide room for each and avoid clashes between the designed layout and user changes. Changes are inevitable and will happen over the period of time and hence there will be need for more but fulfilling present requirement is important.
Two-bedroom unit
A dwelling unit with minimum of
i. Two separate habitable room ii. Kitchen iii. One bathroom and W.C.
Analysis parameters
1. SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF ROOMS –
There are various patterns possible in designing small dwelling units. It is important to have an efficient organization of all the rooms in order to achieve better functioning model, where space is a constraint. Ineffective placement of rooms can result in extra floor space in circulation. There are certain instances which can be seen everywhere such as –
I. ENTRANCE
There are three approaches in designing the entrance of any apartment. ...
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...ny space left wasted. Even though circulation is vital and unavoidable, it becomes important to plan circulation so that it is minimal yet efficient. It could be seen that-
i. No extra passage or space is left just for circulation ii. It should not hinder functional spaces iii. It should facilitate living activities iv. Coherent rooms should be placed closer so as to avoid circulation trough other areas.
v. There should be a direct connection maintained between rooms with related functions like that of dining and kitchen. vi. Circulation could also be worked out on user basis i.e. to ensure that there is no intrusion of any person in any room of not his concern. Such as one toilet could be placed right next between living room and bed room so as to avoid any circulation of outsider in private bedrooms and also to ensure minimum circulation for user from is bedroom.
In the Late nineteenth century the population was growing at a rapid pace. The country had people flooding the biggest cities in the country such as New York City and Chicago. These populations were gaining more and more people every single year and the country has to do something to make places for these people to live. The government would go on to create urban housing programs. These programs were created to make homes for these people to live in. At the time it provided a place for people to live but as the populations grew it became a more cramped and rundown area because of the large populations in one place. These reforms eventually led to these areas becoming dangerous, they were rundown, and it created a hole that was difficult for people to get out of.
Homes are normally based on a solitary level with an edge rooftop. Houses in the more swarmed urban communities frequently have two or more stories and mirror an European impact. A great many people lived in single-family homes until the relocation to urban focuses in the late 1940’s and mid 1950’s. The requirement for satisfactory lodging induced the legislature to put resources into high-masses of open lodging activities amid the mid 1950’s. In the poorer territories, huge families live in little houses developed from ash squares and secured with an adobe made of mud, bovine compost, and
“Form follows function.” Every great Modern architect thought, designed by and breathed these very words. Or at least, their design principles evolved from them. Modern architects Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Pierre Chareau, and Rudolf Schindler to name a few believed that the function determined the space whether the space was solely for a particular purpose or they overlapped to allow for multiple uses. Form didn’t just follow function, function defined the space. By focusing on the relationship between the architecture and the interior elements, Chareau’s Maison de Verre expanded the idea of functionalism to include not only the architecture but also the space it creates and how people function within that space.
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*My overall consideration in setting up my room was student safety. I then took into account best practices for their learning and designed my room from there in order to be accessible to all students when needed to best support their learning.
Compare and contrast the ways in which housing inequalities are discussed from the perspectives of social policy and criminology, and economics (TMA 02)
...plications affecting efficiency. More focus is necessary on the indoor environment in schools, day care centres, hospitals and nursing homes for elderly, because children, hospital patients and elderly are sensitive subgroups. There are a number of indications that the indoor environment at home is normally worse than in the indoor office environment. The population spends most time at home, and children are exposed at home for many years (National Safety Council, 2009). This suggests that improvements of the home environment may be a cost-effective to reduce the indoor exposure burden in the population. The link between indoor and outdoor air pollution should not be ignored, as most of the exposure to outdoor pollutants occurs indoors. Finally, the function of energy saving and climate changes for the indoor environment and SBS will be an important future issue.
As someone with a passion for writing, my final project will be an extended expository essay about the history of homebuilding from ancient to modern times. It will discuss the different types of dwellings throughout recorded human history from the perspective of how art and culture influences building design. This will fulfill my own curiosity to understand the different influences on homebuilding and design over the years and how people have dealt with these changes.
Items displayed in museums hold historical significance and are representative of society’s culture. Preserving valuable collections for education and enjoyment is a primary role of museums. While fulfilling this role, the architecture of the museum is also an important factor. Historical buildings are converted into museums and architects must consider the use of the space and the museum’s purpose during their initial design. Other museums are built with a clear purpose in mind. As museums are designed, many characteristics are determined. Display and storage spaces as well as visitor services impacts museum’s functionality. Based on the function of a museum, architectural requirements are different.
Being an architect is a very important thing, you have a large amount of responsibility. You control a large aspect of someone’s life whether it is where they walk in a shopping centre or where they sleep and eat, and that is why it is very important to design for yourself and your client. You have to imagine the space as if you were there, you need it to be
Mies believed that the functions have a shorter lifetime rather than the buildings constructed by man. Therefore, it makes the sense of exact flexibility and multi-functionality for the design (Mies van der Rohe in Broadbent, 1978). He also declared that we should not let the functions dictate the plan. Instead, it should provide us with the suitable situations to make each function applied (Mies van der Rohe in Heyer, 1993). Regarding Mies’ statements, which is contrary to Venturi’s interpretation, an architectural design should be done for multi-functionality, compatibility, and adaptability regardless of the usage subject or scale to satisfy different changes of human needs over the time. Based on this idea, the viewpoint of flexible design and the existence of multi-purpose spaces in a neutral and fix form in Mies’ architectural works could be obviously proved (Padovan, 2002). Hence, it could be claimed that his outstanding motto “less is more” is presented in order to achieve such
...cted will be processed. This is very important in verifying and analyzing the preferences of office occupiers for criteria selecting the office space. Here, the researcher will conclude all the primary data such as questionnaire and interview and it will be analyzed by a suitable table like histogram, flow charts and others. It is also discussing about the result with recommendation and also draw conclusions. The data will analyze by use the computer system included the Microsoft Excel software in order to generate the result.
In today’s building construction and operations, there are direct and indirect impacts on environment, society and economy and sustainable design seeks balanced between these three by approaching a win-win-win design solution. Sustainable design aims to minimize the negative environmental impact on site by increasing energy efficiency and development of spaces; prevent environmental degradation caused by facilities and infrastructure and create superior interior environments that are comfortable, safe and productive. Instead of ignoring the natural environment, the qualities are harnessed to benefit and complete today’s design solution having in mind to have a positive and lasting effect. ("Sustainable," ) My research title
There are several environmental effect like temperature, wind, noise act on any building structure. These play key roles in the comfortness of people who stays in those buildings.The major and the primary purpose of each facility is to provide a very comfortable, highly productive vacant place for the dwellers and the occupants. Air temperature has a great role in comfort level of people, which has a major direct major effect on the people’s productivity .In the present economy of high unit and essential costs, it is also very much important is that to optimize and regularize the energy efficiency and also reduce the utility and unit costs such that organizations can crun the function within their predecided allocated budgets. When the people become dissatisfied with the thermal-environment, not only that, it is a potential and severe health hazard, it has also impacts on the people’s ability to work effectively, and their comfort at work.The environmet code BS EN ISO 7730 has a definition of thermal and environmental comfort as the condition of the mind that expresses the satisfaction of the people with the thermo-environmental environment., ie the environmental condition at which time people are not feeling eithermuch hot or much cold.
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