Needs

As the architect have three areas of need to consider: · The needs of the people who will be using the building · The structural needs of the building itself · The context in which the building is placed. These needs are tied and the architect must promise to answer to all this dynamics. The people who will be using the building will change, and their purposes for using the building will also change. The environment surrounding the building will change while the architect is still working on plans. When the architect lets one element of need dominate, he or she should do so by conscious choice, knowing that the domination is at the expense of other needs of the architecture. The architect must consider the basic needs that the design will fulfill: Physiological: · Must maintain balance, providing adequate air, livable temperature, waste disposal, water. · Must fit human scale, being sized to a person and not to an ant or elephant Psychological: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Must be provide a sense of safety and security; must allow sufficient space and privacy. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sociological: <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Must reflect the fact that most of our needs are met through others. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Different elements must be considered in dealing with the needs of the building, itself: protection, weight, comfort, flow, distribution <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The context of a building fits into these categories: culture, environment, connections, economic and flexible.
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