IAT 233 Lecture 16: Lecture_16
13 Apr 2020
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In architecture, the concept of circulation isn"t so different - it refers to the way people, the blood of our buildings, move through space. In particular, circulation routes are the pathways people take through and around buildings or urban places. Circulation is often thought of as the "space between the spaces", having a connective function, but it is also the experience of moving our bodies around a building, three-dimensionally and through time. Though every space a person could access or occupy forms part of the circulation system of a building, when we talk about circulation, we typically don"t try to account for where every person might go. Instead, we often approximate the main routes of the majority of users. To simplify further, architects typically divide their thinking according to different types of circulation, which overlay with one another and the overall planning. The type and extent of these divisions will be project dependent, but might include:
