is it usable yet?

By Dan Klyn from#WUDBristol – November 14, 2013IS IT USABLE YET?

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PLACES MADE FROM INFORMATION

PLACES MADE FROM INFORMATION

Usability < Architecture

Micro < Macro

Ensuring functions function functionally

Structuring meaning and place-making

Wurman

Vitruvius

firmatatis utilitatis venustatis

Spaces < Places

a) firmitatis FirmnessStrength

b) utilitatis CommodityUtility

c) venustatisDelightBeauty

Wright

B + C

Johnson

A + C = B

Gropius

A + B = C

Venturi and Scott Brown

(A + B) + C

firmatatis utilitatis venustatis

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IS IT ARCHITECTURE YET?

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IS IT USABLE YET?

1) ORDER ordinatioIts objective is the creation of a hierarchy, the establishment of a rank order among the elements constituting the work by attributing the proper magnitude to each of them.

2) ARRANGEMENT dispositioDeals with the right placement of the elements, their right grouping, by which the work acquires its unique identity.

Usable?

3) PROPORTION eurythmiaIs the attribution of the quality of being well formed to each one of the members, in such a way that the members may be perceived as forming groups distinguished by balanced appearance.

4) SYMMETRY symmetriaDescribes the internal harmony of the work, achieved when there is consensus formed on the basis of a module, and between members and the whole, that is when the proportions are congruous.

CONGRUOUS?

5) PROPRIETY décor Deals with the appropriate articulation, the authoritative construction of the work on principles respecting religion, nature and social conventions.

6) ECONOMY distributio Aims at achieving the best result with the means one has at one’s disposal.

for use

places made of information

by people

OrderArrangement

ProportionSymmetryProprietyEconomy

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