Thursday, February 8, 2007

UBC Statistics

Here are some things that may affect the spatial requirements of Microarchitectural Articulations:

Statistics Canada says that in Regional District Electoral Area A, 83.4 % of the populations is over 18. This means that I can stick to adult size articulations for design.

The report I got from Properties Trust says that at some times over 800 students are waiting for the B-Line. 4,500 people get off the bus between 9:00 and 10:00. The total UBC population in 2005 was 53,300.

This University Town brochure forecasts 10,700 University Town and Hampton Place residents in 2021, and 10,200 other campus residents in student residences and graduate housing. The projected future population is 20,900.

With this in mind, I think I'm going to design a space for certain ranges of people: 0-10, 10-25, 25-50, 50-100, 100-200, and 200-500 (I may not design for all of them, but instead pick a couple to investigate options)

It looks like the variations in size of people are negligeable, so I'm not going to worry about size fluctuations affecting use. The articulations are supposed to be ambiguous anyways, so while short people might have to find a different way to use them it should still be possible.

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