Human Scale in Built Environment

This is a room that houses large hydroelectric generators. They cannot be miniaturized, and are thus not not a human scale. The solution to this mismatch is to build staircases and pathways which reflect the size of a human who has to interact with these generators.

This is a series of structures carved into a mountain in Turkey. You can see the contrast between forms addressing humans and forms that are significantly larger.


When there are no barriers, people tend to spread themselves out evenly.

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  1. "when there are no barriers, people tend to spread themselves out evenly"
    Agreed! Other times people rely on something other than the build environment to dictate/influence how a space should be used, for example in a space with no barriers, such as a desert people would probably position themselves with their back towards the sun, so as to protect their eyes; or in the woods people would gather around a lake to get the most picturesque view.

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