1 Human Scale in Architecture Di Lorenzo Gabriela

1 Human Scale in Architecture Di Lorenzo, Gabriela Méndez, Ana Elisa Gabriela Di Lorenzo Ana Elisa Méndez English for Architecture and Urban Planning III 25/06/2009 Prof. Leticia Esteves

2 English for Architecture and Urban Planning III 25/06/2009 Prof. Leticia Esteves Humans interact with their environments based on their physical dimensions, capabilities and limits. Buildings scaled to human physical capabilities have steps, doorways, railings, work surfaces, seating, and other features that fit well to the average person.

3 English for Architecture and Urban Planning III Humans also interact with their environments based on their sensory capabilities. Human scale in architecture can also describe buildings with sightlines, acoustic properties, task lighting, ambient lighting, and spatial grammar that fit well with human senses 25/06/2009 Prof. Leticia Esteves Human perceptions are always going to be less predictable and less measurable their physical dimensions.

4 life • Buildings, statues, and memorials are constructed in a scale larger than life as a social/cultural signal that the subject matter is also larger than Monumental Effect English for Architecture and Urban Planning III 25/06/2009 Prof. Leticia Esteves Buildings, statues, and memorials are constructed in a scale larger than life as a social/cultural signal that the subject matter is also larger than life.

5 English for Architecture and Urban Planning III Monumental Effect - Many architects design buildings that prioritize structural purity and clarity of form over concessions to human scale. 25/06/2009 Prof. Leticia Esteves Aesthetic Effect - Some notable examples among many are Henry Cobb's John Hancock Tower in Boston, much of I. M. Pei's work including the Dallas City Hall, and Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. John Hancock Tower, Boston

6 English for Architecture and Urban Planning III Serve Automotive Scale 25/06/2009 Prof. Leticia Esteves Commercial buildings that are designed to be legible from roadways assume a radically different shape. Auto-scale buildings tend to be smooth and shallow, readable at a glance, simplified, presented outward, and with signage with bigger letters and fewer words. Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles