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favours an appraoch that may be described as large-scale, corporate, hight cost, exclusive, authoratarian, tending to high tech solutions, concerned with style ornament, paying client, and a national or international focus
formal design
small scale, human oriented, low cost, inclusive, democratic, tending to appropriate techonogy and concerned with meaning and context as well as paying client and a local focus
social design
real people were imagnined in designed spaces
placemarking
evolved an architecture that already fits community and cultural norms, individual interests, local climate, geography, and materials quite well
pre-industrial vernacular traditions
people involved in the use and design of building
principal players
what are the six goals of social design?
1. match needs
2. satisfy users
3. change behaviour
4. enhance personal control
5. facilitate social support
6. employ imageability
alpha press form refers to how well the setting fits the person from an objective point of view
congruence
beta matching, or _______ is "environmental quality as percieved by occupants of buidings or facilities"
habitability
began as an extreme anti-determinism point of view, suggesting that people's bahaviour is not at all determined
environmental possibilism
a more moderate version of environmental possiblism that asserts that the environment sets certain limits on human behavior, allowing a finite range of behaviour
environmental probabilism
the building suits the occupants' customary living or working habits, social patterns, and cultural background
mirroring
a problem centered strategy that connects theory and practice
action research
researchers systematically observe the daily activities of the occupants
behaviour mapping and behaviour tracking
the social designer's goal is to actively serve the educational and political needs of the occupants
advocate designer
users themselves are rarely consulted directly
traditional planning
corporate managers hire social designers to do the programming, users are consulted more often
direct planning
all phases of programming are accomplished by a coalition of professionals
joint planning
The building should automatically inform visitors and regulars where all its key elements are
imageability
ability of personalization
provision of control
What are the 4 dimensions of POEs?
1. size and scope
2. generality
3. breadth of focus
4. application timing