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Circulation Realms

Opening context:
Building Complex, Number of Stories

Conflict

In many modern building complexes the problem of disorientation is acute. People have no idea where they are, and they experience considerable mental stress as a result.

Resolution

Lay out very large buildings and collections of small buildings so that one reaches a given point inside by passing through a sequence of realms, each marked by a gateway and becoming smaller and smaller, as one passes from each one, through a gateway to the next. Choose the realms so that each one can be easily named, so that you can tell a person where to go, simply by telling him which realms to go through.

Closing context:
Main Gateways, Paths and Goals, Family of Entrances, Building Thoroughfare, Hierarchy of Open Space