1984
Pattern: Efficient enclosure of spaces with minimal structural distinctions
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Part of a 5-fold Pattern Language.
Subsequently published in Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential (1986)
Pattern template
The most efficient way of distributing distinctions throughout a framework so as to enclose space, providing appropriate structural integrity with the minimum number of elements, is to conceive of the framework as made from one continuous body of mutually constrained elements.Physical The most efficient way of distributing materials throughout a building, so as to enclose space, strongly and well, with the least amount of expensive, non-depletable material, is to conceive of the building as made from one continuous body of compressive material. In its geometry, conceive it as a three-dimensional system of individually vaulted spaces, most of them roughly rectangular; with thin load-bearing walls, each stiffened by columns at intervals along its length, thickened where walls meet walls, vaults, or openings.
tj M b Efficient enclosure of spaces with minimal structural distinctions Broader Congruence between spaces defined by the framework and spaces defined by the processes within it.
Narrower Inter-level zone; Perimeter continuity; Inter-level integrity; Initial level formation; Inter-level connections; Integration superstructure; Distortion resistant boundaries; Progressive framework definition; Appropriate construction elements; #P1225; Level generation of minimum tension; Organization of integrative superstructure; Harmonizing space distribution between levels; Distribution of secondary inter-level connections; Provision for pathways for automatic communications; Appropriate superstructure to contain transitions between levels; Primary inter-level connections at transitions in boundary orientation.
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