Horizontal+Circulation

= Horizontal circulation = =**1. What is it that the design of horizontal circulation determines? **= =**The basic chape and character of the entire structure. **= = = =**2. What are the four practical requirements of any horizontal circulation system mentioned in the lecture? **= =**Adequate in size Directness: Should work in any direcction Points of conversion: traffic must be expressed. Change of level: should be clearly expressed **= = = =**3. What are the three examples (names of buildings) mentioned by Prof. Watanabe to illustrate different horizontal circulation patterns? **= =**New York Pennsylvania Station in New York The Centrosoyus Building in Moscow The Palais de Justice in Paris. **= = = =**4. Why is the concept of Horizontal Circulation important in any urban plan or architectural design? **= =**In architecture the horizontal circulation is necessary to create spaces that allow traveling and visiting the building, and planning is essential in itself. It is because the planning does not work with the creation of vertical spaces, only creating spaces for purely horizontal path, because horizontal circualcion creates tours**= = =