Elements of Responsive Environment

Question 1

9 Elements of Responsive Environment

Answer 1

Permeability, Resilience, Vitality, Visual appearance, Richness, Variety or legibility, Security, Personalization or Identity, Robustness

Question 2

measures the degree of choice in the number of routes to a place

Answer 2

permeability

Question 3

To minimize risk from the uncertainty of the future a facility must be able to accommodate a number of uses at any one time or be able to be converted to others in the future.

Answer 3

Resilience

Question 4

active interface between the private and public realm, the domestic and the civic

Answer 4

Vitality

Question 5

the detailed appearance of the place makes people aware of the buildings use

Answer 5

Visual appearance

Question 6

when a building creates experience through the senses

Answer 6

Richness

Question 7

To use the choices available, people must know the choices on offer and understand the layout the spaces. The range of uses for people

Answer 7

Variety or legibility

Question 8

To take advantage of accessible facilities people must feel safe. In public places this often requires the presence of many other people

Answer 8

Security

Question 9

Places can offer people the choice to leave their own mark. Extent to which people can put their own stamp on a place.

Answer 9

Personalization

Question 10

Degree to which people can use a given place for different purposes, when a building creates interest

Answer 10

Robustness