project13:Styling

Activities

The activities have already been mentioned in the interactions chapter. The diagram is shows in this paragraph as well. Each of these activities needs a different environment. An architectural space that differs in size, materialization, shape, interior, perception, outside connection, routing, etc. But the activities have a lot in common at the same time. They are even better subdivided in some sort of gradient than a strict matrix. Therefore, lots of different spaces are needed.

Perception of Spaces

There exist a lot of different ways an architectural space can interact with people. A few of them have already been mentioned above. For this stage of the design process focus has been shifted towards the most important one of them: architectural space. The feeling people have in a church is completely different than, for instance, a classroom. Besides the function, materialization and use of color and looking only at the shape and the proportion of dimensions the perception of the two is completely different. How can a space influence a person's behavior, thoughts, feelings, etc.? How is architectural space perceptible?