1- Basic Anthropometry & ergonomics RA.pdf

these ppt is important to both architectural drawing and civil engineering students

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Communication Skills :
•Ability to actand communicateideas through
collaboration, speaking, numeracy, writing,
drawing, modeling, and evaluation.
•Ability to utilize manual and electronic graphic
and model-making capabilities to explore,
develop, define, and communicate a design
proposal.
This particular course has two main sessions :
•1
st
is “Anthropometrics and Ergonomics”
•2
nd
is “ Architectural drawing standards”
1
st
session: we will
•Study the human physiquewith its various
measurements and have a better understanding of
what we will design for.
•Study the relationship between a human with its
environment.
2
nd
session: we will
•Seedifferent types of drawings
•Learn about Architectural drawing and its
standards

2. Date: May, 2024
Prepared by: Robel Abebe
CHAPTER -1
ANTHROPOMETRY & ERGONOMICS
BAHIRDAR UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF LAND ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

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1: BASIC TERMINOLOGIES
2: ANTHROPOMETRY
2.1 : BASICS OF ANTHROPOMETRY
2.2 : THEORIES OF ANTHROPOMETRY
2.3 : APPLICATIONS OF ANTHROPOMETRY
3: ERGONOMICS
3.1 : BASICS OF ERGONOMICS
3.2 : APPLICATIONS OF ERGONOMICS
CONTENT

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A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must
go through measurablemeans when it is being designed
and in the end must be unmeasurable.
Louis Kahn

5. BASIC TERMINOLOGIES
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First, let us see different keywordsthat are very important
to this course. [Proportion and Scale]
PROPORTION:isacentralprincipleofarchitectural
theoryandanimportantconnectionbetweenmathematics
andart.Itisthevisualeffectoftherelationshipofthe
variousobjectsandspacesthatmakeupastructuretoone
anotherandtothewhole.
ProportioninarchitecturewasdiscussedbyVitruvius,LeonBattistaAlberti,
AndreaPalladio,andLeCorbusieramongothers. Classical architecture
(Greece)
radii of columns
Vitruvian man
(Roman)
measurement units digit,
foot, and cubit
Le Corbusier
(Modern)
golden ratio and a man
with a raised arm as the
scalable modules of
proportion.

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SCALE:referstothesizeofanobject(awhole)in
relationshipwithanotherobject.Itistherelationship
betweentwoormoreobjectswithonethathasa
commonlyknownsizewhichistakenasareference.
Mostlyandmainlyhumansareusedasreferences.
Differenttypesofscale:humanscale,drawingscale,presentationalscale,
monumentalscalee.t.c
Understandingscale in architecture

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Anthropometry:isthestudyofhumanbody
measurementsandproportionstodesignandlayout
spaces,furniture,andotherelements.

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Ergonomics:theprocessofdesigningaspaceoran
environmentthatisfavorabletothenatural
movementsandcomfortofthehumanbody.

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Canyoutellthedifference?
1 2

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ApplicationsofAnthropometry
1.Ergonomicdesign:
•Ergonomicdesigninarchitectureheavilyrelieson
anthropometry,whichhelpscreateproductsand
environmentsthataccommodatethephysicalneeds
andcapabilitiesofusers.
•Itdeterminesappropriatedimensionsforfurniture,
workspaces,andseatingtoaccommodatediverse
bodysizesandprovideoptimalcomfort.
Which comes first
?

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2.Spatialplanning:
•Spatialplanninginarchitectureinvolvesoptimizing
thearrangementofspacesandelementstomeet
users’diverseneedsandphysicalcharacteristics.
•Anthropometryhelpsdeterminetheappropriatescale
offurniture,playequipment,andotherelementsfor
differentusers,ensuringcomfortandefficiencyfor
varioustasks.
To design a space is to study the one that inhabit it

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3.Circulation:
•Circulationandflowinarchitecturerefertothe
movementofpeoplewithinaspaceandthelayoutto
ensureefficientnavigation.
•Anthropometricapplicationsincludeoptimizing
circulationpatterns,creatingpathways,and
designingspacesthataccommodatediverse
dimensionsandmovements.
•itisalsocrucialindesigningdoorways,staircases,
elevators,trafficflow,retailstorelayouts,healthcare
facilities,theatres,auditoriums,museums,e.t.c.

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Ergonomics:
•theprocessofdesigningaspaceoranenvironment
thatisfavorabletothenaturalmovementsand
comfortofthehumanbody.
•Thisisthedisciplinethatdealswiththedimensions
ofpeopleatwork,includingdifferentactivities.Such
mattersasthespacerequiredbypeopleusing
furniture,motorcars,flyingairplanesandoperating
machinerycomeunderthisheading.

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DifferentapplicationsofErgonomics: