MOVEMENT THROUGH SPACE

MOVEMENT THROUGH SPACE (CIRCULATION)

Considering the definition of movement as it is in oxford dictionary, it is define as “an act of moving from one place to another or moving something from one place to another”. While space can be defined according oxford advance dictionary, “means an amount of an area or of a place that is available for use”.

Movement through space (circulation) means moving in a free and empty area, an area free from any obstruction and traffic. This movement or circulation has the ability to affect the passengers, goods and services in a terminus station. Where there is a problem in circulation in such cities they will suffer, traffic problem and congestion.

Since the human activities and the environment are in a constant communication with the surrounding architecture, the relationship that is formed between man and his activities in a space is intimate, when we see and feel our surrounding environment. Movement through space is a constant force that has the ability to shape our world and the built form of architecture.

The most important factor of consideration in design is that anything that requires a space also need to allow free  movement within it or function has to be clearly planned for. Making a clear distinction between the pedestrian and the vehicular traffic is the most preferred, resolving the circulation within and outside have to do with other facilities such as the conveniences, accessibility, and effective utilization of other function and building of a terminus station; space planning is the most important factor toward a functional acceptable and traffic free terminus.

ARCHITECT-CLIENT EXPERIENCE

As an architect, we basically solve problems through the services we offer, our client are very important to us and precious, despite the that fact, we would not compromise our basic objectives in providing our services, at gracefield studio, we desire to draw out all our client design brief, we gather all required information, draw out our preliminary sketches for our client to review, if it actually serve them right, but we prefer that our client to be patient and to be one that desire standard building.

 Don’t be surprise to meet client that would want to teach you your profession, the truth is that you need to sometimes forget your qualifications, while you engage in a contract with some client, because they know what they want, than you think you do, don’t just prescribe like a medical doctor would prescribe a drug, sometimes you hear them say “I want a building like that but better or more beautiful”. some client might tell you just design, without allowing you to carry out proper site analysis, We take our procedures frankly we would not neglect basic design process because of our client ignorance, we  have our integrity to protect as architect, we know our jobs better, no one can teach us our job except fellow architect, what we do in such cases is to  advice our client whatever happens, we would not engage in a building project that would tarnish our image or profession we would not be a part of a ridiculous non functional architectural design.

One of the basic need of human being is shelter, economy determines the type of shelter we are bound to erect, nevertheless the economy cannot be use to evaluate degree of beauty because we can still have very beautiful designs at low cost by just concentrating on practicality, that why we need to involve in cost management at every design stage  and contract implementation process until practical completion of project.

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