If you were present last Thursday (3-4-10) or during Saturday's workshop session (3-6-10)
then you will have heard us mention that we are interested in seeing a variety of pertinent metrics, which will inform all of your design decisions.
for this upcoming Thursday's class presentation, this post aims to reiterate the importance of
seeing this type of documentation.
in order to avoid the 'arbitrary' nature of design, all designs will be carefully backed up by the
'functional metrics' diagrams each of you is asked to produced, alongside your other presentation requirements.
These diagrams should be able to show a person or objects in relation to their intended function.
For example, in order to demonstrate the proper metrics of seating, one might show a sectional or 3d diagram of a scale figure with the desired metric application. this diagram might show how this metric differs from an adult to a child, and therefore how a design might be able to mitigate that difference in order to accomodate both metrics.
the same thorough documentation applies to walkable surfaces, planter / planting construction metrics, storage metrics, experience (visibility:sightlines) requirements, etc...
For assistance you can refer to the opening pages of any graphic standards publication where there are examples of metrics requirements (see below)
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