Human Consideration

Did you ever experienced coming inside a non-airconditioned room at the same time you are wearing a jacket or a hoodie? How does it feel? Having such sweats and sticky feeling will made you feel so annoyed and uncomfortable with everything that surrounds you, right? My questions are somewhat related in the field of architecture. As an architect, in order for you to came up with a good design you also need to consider the users because they are the one who will use the building. Giving them the satisfaction and comfortability they need will still have a big impact with your overall design.

One factor to consider is the thermal comfort. It is what a person feel in terms of air and sun temperature. Once a person is not satisfied with its thermal environment, he/she will lose his/her effectiveness with his/her work and won't function that much. If the person feels hot in a room, first thing that comes to my mind is to let the person feel better. So why not put up a window, which is the easiest solution so that air could circulate the room. Next solution is to provide a fan just to not feel hot or you could also upgrade and why not provide an aircondition in the room.

Another consideration is about cultural, norms and tradition. Every person in a particular place has its own culture. You can figure out what it is based on their art and architecture. And as an architect, you also need to consider these because clients are not all the same. You will be designing depending on how the way they act as a person, on how they do their daily lives and what activity they are into and lastly of course on how they do their traditions and culture.