HU M A N FA CT O RS

The interior spaces of buildings are designed as places

for human movement, activity, and repose. There should
be, therefore, a fit between the form and dimensions of
interior space and our own body dimensions. This fit can
be a static one, as when we sit in a chair, lean against a
railing, or nestle within an alcove.

There can also be a dynamic fit, as when we enter a

buildings foyer, walk up a stairway, or move through the
rooms and halls of a building.

A third type of fit is the way space accommodates our

Static fit need to maintain appropriate social distances and to
control our personal space.

In addition to these physical and psychological

dimensions, space also has tactile, auditory, olfactory,
and thermal characteristics that influence how we feel
and what we do within it.

Dynamic fit

Touch Hearing Smell Heat

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