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.

Research...

I've spent the last few days completing my matrix of Microarchitectural articulations (MA's). I'm now the architect of my own Matrix! Hooray!

I now have 115 iterations. The first generation is made up of Architectural Graphic Standards crossed with Architectural Graphic Standards and second generation is Architectural Graphic Standards crossed with the first iteration. I love the way the graph looks and I'm happy about finishing it.

The next step is applying some depth to these moments. Right now they are cool, but still very diagrammatic. The problem is that I don't have any guiding principles for what kind of depth should be used: I have a couple of plan views from Architectural Graphic Standards that show the right depth for a single person sitting, working at a desk and walking, and I also have information for more than one persone. The issue is that I have not yet assigned program to each of the moments. Since I don't know what each one of them is going to do I can't assign depth based on that. Instead, I'm going to put together a list of all the variable factors that could influence the depth of each section and create an equivalent of a quadratic equation for a couple of key articulations.

I have my toolbox of sections, and it's time to think about applying them to a site. While I'm not ready to look at the physical requirements of space, I think it's reasonable to think about site issues that affect design.

So, what are the variables that affect the three-dimensionalisation of these sectional moments?

1. Amount of people in the space: The UBC bus loop has busy times and quiet times. How many people are in this space at maximum occupancy? How do their physical needs vary from the needs of people at minimum occupancy?
2. Demographics of people using space: While the UBC bus loop is used primarily by students, there are some exceptions to this and I need to know what they are. Since the moments are based on human dimensions, variations in people should equate to variations in design.

There must be more than these two, but I'll start with them and see if anythin interesting comes up.