46 Human Scale
The physical qualities of the human body expressed in dimensions, capabilities, and limits.
How we interact with our environment is based on the physical and sensory capabilities of the human body. In the built environment, both new and renovated, interiors and functional elements such as the width of doorways, the minimum rise and run of stairways, the location of railings, the positioning of light switches, or the height of work surfaces are scaled to humans. Other sensory decisions include lines of sight through a space, the acoustic properties of a room, and adequate lighting for tasks.
Creating a human-scale interior environment involves making ...
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