Architecting human behaviour

Amsterdam Library

www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/2355408671/

Beautiful Atrium

www.flickr.com/photos/mollyali/2569273306/

Signposting everywhere

www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/2356242256/

Downstairs cafe

www.flickr.com/photos/moosterbroek/1711605223

Big, shopping mall like escalators

www.flickr.com/photos/studies_and_observations/2612828427/

Intimate spaces

www.flickr.com/photos/piet_musterd/2731778912/

Full of people in contemplative reading

www.flickr.com/photos/funtik/1636716387/

Upstairs restaurant

www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/2355420535/

Juice bar, pizza bar and stir-fry bar

www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/2355422525/

An amazing public space

www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/2356242922/

Architecture isn’t just about the physical building

www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/2356242922/

It’s about the space in between...

"Architecture is the thoughtful making of space" - Louis Kahn

And how people use that space

http://flickr.com/photos/monkeyone/239220380/

Brighton Library

http://www.flickr.com/photos/blahflowers/2892115490/

Lewin’s equation

B=ƒ(P,E)

Context of use

http://flickr.com/photos/squeakymarmot/2293398178/

Otherwise your projects will fail

www.flickr.com/photos/nualabugeye/2037697106/

Where does a building fit into the ecosystem?

Where does your site fit into the web?

Architects create scale models...

http://flickr.com/photos/sarflondondunc/2667304390/

and blueprints...

www.flickr.com/photos/cardoso/2197507288/

Shops use planograms and customer flows

Some even create prototypes to test layouts

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chanc/1393398173/

and obviously we create wireframes and prototypes

Winchester Mystery House

www.flickr.com/photos/roxsm/1210487743/

Shearing layers

Navigation

http://flickr.com/photos/philgyford/466328637/

www.flickr.com/photos/bunny/2540431589/

Some navigation is implicit

http://flickr.com/photos/shenghunglin/379202336/

Airport navigation is contextual

www.flickr.com/photos/joannaforever/116669029/

Some navigation is built into the fabric of the building

Navigation is about flow

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sea-turtle/2369726343/

Pave the cow paths

http://www.flickr.com/photos/larskflem/2472709843/

Casinos are designed to maximise duration

www.flickr.com/photos/schlaus/2617561443/

Subversive navigation

www.flickr.com/photos/jolevine/475818444/

Discovery and revelation

http://www.flickr.com/photos/travisnobles/1800251951/

Moo

www.flickr.com/photos/superciliousness/58444598/

Architects have the idea of patterns

Gateways

http://flickr.com/photos/fatboyke/2924188735/

Promenades

http://flickr.com/photos/fatboyke/2924188735/

Small public squares

http://flickr.com/photos/driek/395683458

Market of many small shops

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasmic/1472319885/

Whole Food Market is designed for exploration

www.flickr.com/photos/shankbone/2800620360/

The map is not the territory

http://www.flickr.com/photos/davegoodman/22229755/

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