Circulation

This may vary in duration, from a few paces through a compressed space to a lengthy and circuitous route.

• The Building Approach

• The Building Entrance

• Configuration of the Path

This building approach leads directly to the entrance.

• Circuitous

• Oblique

• Frontal

This building approach enhances the perspective.

• Circuitous

• Oblique

• Frontal

This building approach prolongs the sequence of the approach.

• Circuitous

• Oblique

• Frontal

Passing through an implied plane, or a change in level, working the passage from one place to another for visual and spatial continuity between two spaces.

• The Building Approach

• The Building Entrance

• Configuration of the Path

Entrances maintain the continuity of a wall's surface, and can be, if desired, deliberately obscured.

• Flushed Entrance

• Projected Entrance

• Recessed Entrance

Entrances announces their functions to the approach and provide shelter overhead.

• Flushed Entrance

• Projected Entrance

• Recessed Entrance

Entrances provide shelter and receive a portion of exterior space into the realm of the building.

• Flushed Entrance

• Projected Entrance

• Recessed Entrance

Enclosed or open on one or two sides, corridors, balconies, must accommodate the movement of people as they promenade, pause, rest, or take a view.

• Form of Circulation Space

• Configuration of the Path

• Path-Space Relationship

Paths of movement are linear in nature. Pedestrians meeting each other should have wider volume of space, wheeled vehicles can have a tightly tailored path.

• Form of Circulation Space

• Configuration of the Path

• Path-Space Relationship