Architectural project. Success comes from process
The architect usually begins to work when the site and the type and cost of a building have been determined.
The site involves the varying behaviour of the natural environment that must be adjusted to the unvarying physical needs of human beings; the type is the generalized form established by society that must be adjusted to the special use for which the building is required.
The site involves the varying behaviour of the natural environment that must be adjusted to the unvarying physical needs of human beings; the type is the generalized form established by society that must be adjusted to the special use for which the building is required.
The cost implies the economics of land, labour, and materials that must be adjusted to suit a particular sum.
Thus, planning is the process of particularizing and, ultimately, of harmonizing the demands of environment, use, and economy.
This process has a cultural as well as a utilitarian value, for in creating a plan for any social activity the architect inevitably influences the way in which that activity is performed.
This process has a cultural as well as a utilitarian value, for in creating a plan for any social activity the architect inevitably influences the way in which that activity is performed.
Planning the environment
The natural environment is at once a hindrance and a help, and the architect seeks both to invite its aid and to repel its attacks.
the architect must control the effects of heat, cold, light, air, moisture, and dryness.
the architect must control the effects of heat, cold, light, air, moisture, and dryness.
Orientation
The arrangement of the axes of buildings and their parts is a device for controlling the effects of sun, wind, and rainfall.
he sun is regular in its course; it favours the southern and neglects the northern exposures of buildings. Orientation may control air for circulation and reduce the disadvantages of wind.
he sun is regular in its course; it favours the southern and neglects the northern exposures of buildings. Orientation may control air for circulation and reduce the disadvantages of wind.