THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1

CHAPTER 5: CIRCULATION
ARCH. JOSEPHINE SANDY R. LU
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CIRCULATION
INTRODUCTION I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ portals and gateways have traditionally been § Entrance
a) Flushed
means of orienting us to the path beyond and b) Projected
c) Recessed
welcoming our entry § Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
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CIRCULATION
INTRODUCTION I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ The path of our movement can be conceived § Entrance
a) Flushed
as the perceptual thread that links the spaces b) Projected
c) Recessed
of a building, or any series of interior or § Configuration of the
Path
exterior spaces, together. § Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
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CIRCULATION
APPROACH I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
§ Entrance
a) Flushed
b) Projected
c) Recessed
§ Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
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CIRCULATION
APPROACH I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ The distant view § Entrance
a) Flushed
a) Frontal – leads directly to the building along a straight b) Projected
c) Recessed
axial path § Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
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CIRCULATION
APPROACH I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ The distant view § Entrance
a) Flushed
b) Oblique – path is redirected to delay and prolong the b) Projected
c) Recessed
sequence of the approach § Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
 CHAPTER 5:
CIRCULATION
APPROACH I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ The distant view § Entrance
a) Flushed
c) Spiral – prolongs the sequence of the approach and b) Projected
c) Recessed
emphasizes the 3-dimensional form of a building as § Configuration of the
we move along its perimeter Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
 CHAPTER 5:
CIRCULATION
APPROACH I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
§ Entrance
a) Flushed
b) Projected
c) Recessed
§ Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
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CIRCULATION
ENTRANCE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ From outside to inside § Entrance
a) Flushed
b) Projected
c) Recessed
§ Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
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ENTRANCE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ entering a building, a room within a building or a § Entrance
defined field of exterior space, involves the act of a) Flushed
b) Projected
penetrating a vertical plane that distinguishes one c) Recessed
§ Configuration of the
space from another Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
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ENTRANCE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ the act of entering can be signified in more subtle § Entrance
ways than punching a hole in a wall a) Flushed
b) Projected
c) Recessed
¨ may be a passage through an implied plane § Configuration of the
established by 2 pillars or an overhead beam Path
§ Path-Space
¨ even a change in level can establish threshold Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
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ENTRANCE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ by opening in the plane of the wall which can range § Entrance
from a simple hole in the wall to an elaborate, a) Flushed
b) Projected
articulated gateway c) Recessed
§ Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
 CHAPTER 5:
CIRCULATION
ENTRANCE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
§ Entrance
a) Flushed
b) Projected
c) Recessed
§ Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
 CHAPTER 5:
CIRCULATION
ENTRANCE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
§ Entrance
a) Flushed
b) Projected
c) Recessed
§ Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
 CHAPTER 5:
CIRCULATION
ENTRANCE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ From outside to inside § Entrance
a) Flushed
¨ 3 categories: b) Projected
c) Recessed
a) Flush – maintains the continuity § Configuration of the
Path
of the surface of a wall and can § Path-Space
Relationships
be, if desired, deliberately a) Pass by Spaces
obscured b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
 CHAPTER 5:
CIRCULATION
ENTRANCE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ From outside to inside § Entrance
a) Flushed
¨ 3 categories: b) Projected
c) Recessed
b) Projected – forms a § Configuration of the
Path
transitional space, announces § Path-Space
Relationships
its function to the approach a) Pass by Spaces
and provides overhead shelter b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
 CHAPTER 5:
CIRCULATION
ENTRANCE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ From outside to inside § Entrance
a) Flushed
¨ 3 categories: b) Projected
c) Recessed
c) Recessed – provides shelter § Configuration of the
Path
and receives a portion of the § Path-Space
Relationships
space into the realm of the a) Pass by Spaces
building b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
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CIRCULATION
ENTRANCE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ location can be centered or § Entrance
a) Flushed
off-center to create a local b) Projected
c) Recessed
symmetry § Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
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CIRCULATION
ENTRANCE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ Visual Reinforcements: § Entrance
a) Flushed
a) Making the opening lower, wider or narrower than b) Projected
c) Recessed
anticipated § Configuration of the
Path
b) Making the entrance deep or circuitous § Path-Space
Relationships
c) Articulating the opening with ornamentation of a) Pass by Spaces
decorative embellishment b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
 CHAPTER 5:
CIRCULATION
ENTRANCE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
§ Entrance
a) Flushed
b) Projected
c) Recessed
§ Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
 CHAPTER 5:
CIRCULATION
ENTRANCE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
§ Entrance
a) Flushed
b) Projected
c) Recessed
§ Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
 CHAPTER 5:
CIRCULATION
ENTRANCE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
§ Entrance
a) Flushed
b) Projected
c) Recessed
§ Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
 CHAPTER 5:
CIRCULATION
CONFIGURATION OF THE PATH I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ The sequence of spaces § Entrance
a) Flushed
b) Projected
c) Recessed
§ Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
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CIRCULATION
CONFIGURATION OF THE PATH I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
¨ The sequence of spaces c) Spiral
§ Entrance
a) Linear – can be a straight path, curvilinear or segmented, a) Flushed
intersect other paths, have branches or form a loop b) Projected
c) Recessed
b) Radial – has linear paths extending from or terminating at a § Configuration of the
central, common point Path
§ Path-Space
c) Spiral – a single, continuous path that originates from a Relationships
central point, revolves around it & becomes increasingly a) Pass by Spaces
distant from it b) Pass through
Spaces
d) Grid – consists of 2 sets of parallel paths that intersect at c) Terminate in a
regular intervals and create square or rectangle fields of Space
space § Form of the Circulation
e) Network – consists of paths that connect established points Space
a) Enclosed
in space b) Open on 1 Side
f) Composite – combination of the preceding patterns c) Open on Both Sides
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PATH-SPACE RELATIONSHIPS I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ Edges, nodes & terminations of the path § Entrance
a) Flushed
b) Projected
c) Recessed
§ Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)
 CHAPTER 5:
CIRCULATION
PATH-SPACE RELATIONSHIPS I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
¨ Edges, nodes & terminations of the path § Entrance
a) Flushed
a) Pass by Spaces – integrity of each space is maintained; b) Projected
path configuration is flexible c) Recessed
§ Configuration of the
b) Pass through Spaces – path may pass thru a space Path
§ Path-Space
axially, obliquely or along its edge; path creates Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
patterns or rest & movement within a space b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a Space – location of the space establishes c) Terminate in a
the path; used to approach and enter functionally or Space
§ Form of the Circulation
symbolically important spaces Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
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CIRCULATION
FORM OF THE CIRCULATION SPACE I. CIRCULATION ELEMENTS
§ Approach
a) Frontal
b) Oblique
c) Spiral
§ Entrance
a) Flushed
b) Projected
c) Recessed
§ Configuration of the
Path
§ Path-Space
Relationships
a) Pass by Spaces
b) Pass through
Spaces
c) Terminate in a
Space
§ Form of the Circulation
Space
a) Enclosed
b) Open on 1 Side
c) Open on Both Sides
THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1 (Arch. JSLu)