Space

Space

The Space system grows in response to the functional / space requirements of the project. These include requirements for inividual spaces and much more.

  • What building functions does the project ask for?
  • How do these spaces map to floors in your project (if you have multiple floors)

The SPACE system has a unique growth perspective because it provide the function and use for the building. The growth of every element in the building if because a SPACE needs it. The function of the SPACE is to support the needs of the users of the building and contain the stuff they need for that function.

M1 - Spaces

1.1 Element

Identify Element, Artefact or System

The SPACE system is best represented as a graph. So that each SPACE is a node representing its center point.

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1.2 Line

Check for Organising Line or Surface

  • SPACE elements provide the origin point for the organising lines of some other systems.
  • It also includes the connections between the spaces representing their adjacent relationships to each other. These can be seen in the diagram above.

1.3 Segments

Identify Segments or Zones

  • This would be the vertical layers of the SPACE or
  • This could be the spatial organisation of each SPACE.

1.4 Scope

Define the Scope of the Study

Next you should scope your investigation of the SPACE layers, segments and zones. This is up to you to define.

1.5 Features

Identify Features

Here you need to identify the features for each of the SPACE layers / segments / zones included in your study.

Thesis

References

Franck, K.A. (1994) Types are Us. In K. Franck and L. Schneekloth (Eds.), Ordering Space: Types in Architecture andDesign (pp. 345–372). New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Hillier, B. (2007) Space is the machine - a configurational theory of architecture. Space Syntax - UCL.