EXP 3 Mashup - Does Architecture Influences Human Behaviour ?

“There is no doubt whatever about the influence of architecture and structure upon human character and action. We make our buildings and afterwards they make us. They regulate the course of our lives.”

Winston Churchill, addressing the English Architectural Association, 1924

 “I made up my mind . . . that I would never try to reform man—that’s much too difficult. What I would do was to try to modify the environment in such away as to get man moving in preferred directions.” (R. Buckminster Fuller, Architect 1966)

What might the effect of this be on the design of our universities? Do architects believe that they can influence the behavior, actions and perhaps the learning that goes on in the university buildings that they design? … [architecture could] “produce positive effects when the liberating intentions of the architect coincide with the real practice of people in the exercise of their freedom” (Foucault, M. 1982. Space, Knowledge and Power an interview with Paul Rabinow, quoted in in Leach, 1997)

 Architects can create spaces that bring people together or ones that set them apart. They can reinforce feelings of familiarity and trust or emphasize harshness and social chaos. Sociological and psychological work confirms the impact of design on behavior and attitudes.

The theory of how architecture shapes tastes has been developed within the field of environmental psychology and has been largely ignored by law schools due to their focus on the use of legal codes to regulate conduct.

The general upshot of this work is that architecture can alter human behavior. Many of these influences occur on a subliminal level, and their effects are not always thought out. For example, when individuals walk into a room, they will be cued by features of the room—whether it is occupied (and to what extent), whether it is furnished (and in what manner), and so on. Some of these features will be consciously noticed, others will not. But the unconscious ones can influence behavior and attitudes too, as evidence from psychiatric wards, prisons, and elsewhere reveals.

Bibliography

Katyal, Neal Kumar. Architecture as Crime Control. 12 02, 2002. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/files/2011/03/KatyalFINAL.pdf (accessed 06 24, 2014).

Lockton, Dan. Architecture, urbanism, design and behaviour: a brief review. 09 12, 2011. http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2011/09/12/architecture-urbanism-design-and-behaviour-a-brief-review/ (accessed 06 24, 2014).

Whitton, Pete. Architecture & Morality. 11 1, 2013. http://petewhitton.wordpress.com/tag/behavior/ (accessed 06 24, 2014).

EXP 2: 18 Axonametrics

 

 

EXP 2: Axo Combinations

 First combination
The axonametric on the left represents Frei Otto and the one on the right represent Alisa Andrasek.

Second combination
 The axonametric on the left represents Frei Otto and the one on the right represents Alisa Andrasek.

Third Combination
The axonametric on the left represents Alisa Andrasek and the one on the left is to represent Frei Otto.

EXP 2: 36 Custom Textures From Light to Dark

EXP 2: 5 Real Time Lumion Images

3D Rendered Perspectives

 This is front view of the underground section for Steinway & Sons. The building meant to represent a knot, this to give an elaborate criss-cross pattern of overlapping structures that intersected with each other.

 This is a perspective view of both top and bottom section of the building, included in the image is the representation of site. Instead of embedding the structure in the site I would excavate the site and leave the structure exposed so that it can be viewed from the outside.

This photo shows a section of both the top and bottom if the structure and through the site.
For the bottom section of the structure I have provided holes in the top to act as light wells to provides natural light into the structure, and they flow all the way down through to the bottom.

Two Section

 This is the section of the Under Ground which is for the client Steinway & Sons, and the adjective i decided to use was elaborate. By making the extrusions intersect with each other and then cut away from were theses parts intersect it leaves an elaborate pattern  of pathways through the design.

The Section on the right is of the top part of the building which is for revival motorcycles, and my noun was speed. I saw speed a sharp bold lines, which gives me the body of the structure, also with speed i though that it was suitable to make the floor plan easy and fast to move through. The two tube on either side are used to represent the exhaust pipes of a motorcycle.