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.

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