Human-Scale Detail

Ensure people see design elements their own size.

People need to see their own scale reflected throughout the environment. This is true at close distances and at long distances as well.

Therefore:

Create a generous number of elements that are human-scale, i.e. 1 meter by 2 meters or less. Make sure that many of these elements are structures that people are physically familiar with, e.g. roughly human-proportioned windows, hand-crafted patterns, etc.

Even though the Hermitage in St Petersburg is a massive build- ing, a human scale can be easily perceived within it, from the size of its roughly human-sized windows throughout.

At close distances, the incorporation of human-scale detail is obvious: simply create elements that are the size of human beings or smaller, and easily relatable by human beings: doorways, windows, door handles, and other details. At longer distances, the challenge is greater. It is necessary to use forms that are clearly hu- man-scaled. For example, a window that is approximately 1 meter wide and 2 meters high (roughly 3 feet by 6 feet), extending up from the ground to upper levels of a building, will readily convey a human scale.

When in construction process of Design-Build Adaptation, create elements that will reflect the scale of human beings.

Then use Ornamental Construction and Complex Materials to enrich the human scale.

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