Download - Theory of Buildings ARCH243 - IV - Interiors
TB I, 5 Abalı 1
Inside the dwelling unit
the purpose of human dwellings
are to inhabit human activities
TB I, 5 Abalı 2
• Our dwellings should fulfill the
requirements of the activities we do in our
homes.
• Our dwellings should be safe in structures
and materials. They should be in
affordable cost.
• Our dwellings have to be beautiful and
culturally meaningful in the context of the
society we live.
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What activities our homes accommodate
– social, domestic and intimate interaction
– rest, recuperation and recreation
– cleaning, personal hygiene and bodily
discharge
– nutrition: storage, preparation and
consumption of food
– work, education and hobby
– spiritual satisfaction
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Activities require settings
• space,
• light and air (without light space do not exist,
without air humans in space do not exist)
• optimum sensory conditions (heat,
humidity, touch, smell, sound )
• furnishing and equipment,
all of them are defined by bodily limitations
of human beings
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we perceive space only
when light hits and reflects
from objects and surfaces
Therefore without a minimal lux of light we
are unaware of space
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We perceive space as void between objects and
surfaces, however it gains character with
proportions
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Therefore
proportions between the dimensions of the space
gain importance
length – width – height
human scale, public scale, urban scale,
monumental scale, mega scale,.....
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two masters studied human
bodily dimensions, they
both observed that its
ideal proportions are in
“golden ratio”
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• apart from structural and functional
(physical dimensions) we also have behavioral
dimensions: studied by cultural
anthropologists.
• Human territorial zones
– intimate zone : physical contact
– personal zone : 45-120 cm. for friends
– social zone : 120-350 cm. for strangers
– public zone : 350-750 cm. for community
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• Other than territorial zones, we have
privacy concerns
– certain activities we share with friends but do
not allow strangers to participate or to observe
(dinner party with friends)
– certain activities we share with people whom
we feel very close(display of love and
affection)
– certain activities we want to be alone(bodily
discharge)
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Therefore we can classify domestic activities
according to the privacy degree they require:
• having friends as visitors (shared with outsiders)
• family spending time together (shared)
• family eating together (shared)
• work (singularly done but not concealed)
• sleep (singularly done)
• intimate relation (shared but concealed)
• bodily discharge (singularly done and concealed)
• bath and bodily maintenance (singularly done, may
or may not be concealed)
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• apart from physical dimensions, we also
classify our activities according to their
relations:
– which activities should be closely related ?
– which activities need to be isolated ?
– which activities need more accessibility ?
– which activities may share the same space ?
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kitchen and
dining area
sleeping space and
music room
sleeping area
of baby and mother
a kitchen may be
rectangular but living
room should be more
like square
a schema or diagram
of the dwelling
TB I, 5 Abalı 18
A case analysis
in a typical Turkish
2 flats/floor apartment
building unit
extraverted zone
(where we let
strangers enter)
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In an American
Sub-urbian
detached home
extraverted
zones
(dışa dönük
alan)
introverted
zones
(içe dönük
alan)
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architects organize spaces in two
cases
Case A
• remodelling an
existing space
– structure
– access
– space dimensions
– natural light
are pre determined
Case B
• designing a
prospective space
– have the opportunity to
control all conditions
up to some degree
(up to which degree is
determined by the
context)
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– For each activity ask
• what are necessary dimensions ?
• what are necessary equipment and furnishings ?
• what are necessary sensory conditions ?
• with which other activities, which degree of relation
required ?
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• Doors
– open out to or
– shut off from a space unit
therfore their location is important
TB I, 5 Abalı 28
Pathways in the space
• elements of space
dictate relations
• door ways imply paths
(zones within a singular
space)
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windows have multiple purposes
• They let day light to interiors
• Their location,direction and size create different
kinds of light zones
• They let us to see the outer world, a pleasant view
or just out side
• They sometimes are for ventilating the spaces...
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• Size of windows give us
feelings such as :
– enclosure,protectedness,
warmth, privacy.....
– continuity between
interior-exterior spaces....
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• They frame and modulate the
outer world.
• Also, they create character of
the building as seen from
exterior.