SCALES OF
INHABITATION
Aditi Padhi
MBS School of Planning and Architecture
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This presentation will focus
on the design themes
involving an individual’s
engagement of everyday life.
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The design realm of the
personal space, work place,
and public space.
Vitruvian Man Vs Vastu Purush
Vitruvian Man, The Proportions of the Human Figure.
http://leonardodavinci.stanford.edu/submissions/clabaugh/history/othermen.html
Aug 22, 2012
The diagram shown above, known as
Vastu Purusha Mandala, is a metaphysical square
The image of the Vastu Purusha is drawn in the
form of a human male and who lies on the site with
his position fitting exactly in a square.
MBS School of Planning and
Architecture
HUMAN AND BUILDING
The first paragraph of the upper part reports Vitruvius: "Vetruvio, architect, puts in his work on architecture that the measurements of man are
in nature distributed in this manner, that is:
•a palm is four fingers
•a foot is four palms
•a cubit is six palms
•four cubits make a man
•a pace is four cubits
•a man is 24 palms
and these measurements are in his buildings". The second paragraph reads: "if you open your legs enough that your head is lowered by onefourteenth of your height and raise your hands enough that your extended fingers touch the line of the top of your head, know that the centre of the
extended limbs will be the navel, and the space between the legs will be an equilateral triangle".
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MBS School of Planning and
Architecture
HUMAN AND BUILDING
Anthropometry:
the comparative study of
sizes and proportions of the human body
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Architecture
SCALED FIGURES
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Architecture
IDEA GALLERY
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Architecture
IDEA GALLERY
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Architecture
IDEA GALLERY
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MBS School of Planning and
Architecture
IDEA GALLERY
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MBS School of Planning and
Architecture
IDEA GALLERY
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MBS School of Planning and
Architecture
IDEA GALLERY
Aug 22, 2012
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Architecture