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AUTHOR-SUPPLIED ABSTRACT: Abstract "Circulation is architecture" were Le Corbusier's words to express the modernist sought awareness and acknowledgement of movement through and around the built environment (Le Corbusier 1930, 62). Only recently appropriated as a physiological metaphor to appease the late 19th century's urge to bring scientific method into architecture, it is now the fundamental design component that embodies the flow of people through space. Though this notion represents a direct juxtaposition to the architectural firm immobility, its organisation and accomplishment relies on the physical attributes that designers stipulate, hence, creating a synergetic interdependence between the intangible qualities of movement and the static physical form of the built surroundings. However, by recognizing 'circulation' as an active function of a project's spatial programming against the implied rest of other defined activities, such as sleeping or eating, simultaneously opposes the previous statement and results in a design disconnection as circulation spaces are then treated as isolated components. Moreover, the functionalist way of thinking that accompanied architectural modernism advocated building spatial and economic efficiency that, in turn, further resulted in the reduction of the non-prioritised circulation areas as well as the neglect for their spatial experience. In response to this issue, this thesis will first study the origins and current regulations of circulation in the built environment through Adrian Forty and Christian Schittich's words to then introduce Le Corbusier's philosophy and considerations for the users' perception of transition spaces. Continuously, a series of case studies together with this thesis' supporting project will present exemplary design decisions that introduce opportunities for social encounters within circulation's implicit thresholds as a means to attend today's social demands in a global post-pandemic setting, bridge the current divide between movement and rest and, finally, regain designers' attention for user spatial perception and experience. Keywords: architecture, circulation, Le Corbusier, modernism, spatial programming, design decisions, spatial experience, social encounters, post-pandemic setting, user perception.
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DISSERTATION NOTE: Master of Arts thesis in Interior Design, Berlin International University of Applied Sciences, 2023.
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MACHINE-GENERATED CONTENTS NOTE: Table of Contents introduction ............................................................................................................................. 11 Problem Statement ................................................................................................................... 13 Research Method ..................................................................................................................... 15 Objects of Study ...................................................................................................................... 16 1. the Notion of Movement in Interior Design .......................................................... 19 Circulation as a Concept in the Built Environment ............................................................... 23 the Necessary Evil of Associated Rules ................................................................................ 31 2. Transition Spaces: Circulation's Implicit Thresholds ................................. 39 Le Corbusier's 'cinq Points D'une Architecture Nouvelle' and the 'promenade Architecturale' ............................................................................................................................. 53 Stages of the Transitional Path ............................................................................................... 53 3. Transition Spaces as Opportunities for Social Encounters ........................ 59 Vertical Transitions ................................................................................................................. 63 Google Spruce Goose Office, Zgf ..................................................................................... 65 Horizontal Transitions ............................................................................................................ 69 Rolex Learning Centre, Sanaa ........................................................................................ 71 Arcus Centre, Studio Gang ............................................................................................... 75 4. Thesis Project: Sa Foradada ......................................................................................... 79 the Objective Values of Transition Spaces ............................................................................. 81 the Psycho Perceptual Experience of Transition Spaces .................................................... 85 the Social Prospects of Transition Spaces ............................................................................. 89 conclusion ............................................................................................................................... 93 figure List ................................................................................................................................. 99 bibliography ....................................................................................................................... 103
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