The Anthropology of space: An Organizing Model Flashcards
Proxemics as a manifestation of micro-culture has three aspects:
- Fixed feature Space
- Semi Fixed feature Space
- Informal Space
is one of the basic ways of organizing the
activities of individuals and groups.
Fixed-feature space
Fixed-feature space examples
A. Room
B. House
C. Building
D. Groups of buildings; Layout of villages, towns and cities
What are the present internal
the layout of the house evolved
throughout the years?
Natural shelters
Jericho-clustered rooms
Uruk-Shared rooms and spaces
How i can design for flexibility
Determining the spaces depending on mats.
Light furniture Changes depending on seasons Japan, Arab, …etc
Dividing the rooms based on one-two functions
Palestine- and nature
Al Ula- and streets
are examples of what
buildings
Group of Buildings
dividing into
- Entrances and exits
- Closeness
- shared features
is related to
creating a space without fixed objects
like furniture arrangement, changing
levels, changing materials, and colors
Semifixed – feature space
Humphry Osmond (Physician)
had noticed that some spaces
in the hospital like waiting
rooms, tend to keep people
apart.
sociofugal spaces.
Others such as the booths in
the old fashioned drugstore or
the table at a French sidewalk
café, tend to bring people
together. These he called
sociopetal spaces.
Creating visual barriers between Spaces.
which Feature Space
Semi fixed
is perhaps the most
significant for the individual because it
includes the distances maintained in
encounters with other.
Informal distance
what are the three levels of privacy
Private spaces:
Public spaces:
Semi private or semi public:
spaces where only
permitted individuals are allowed.
Private spaces:
spaces where everyone
is allowed
Public spaces:
