Wayfinding and Airport Terminal Design

2001 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney Fewings

Human wayfinding in the natural environment has been practised for thousands of years. In the urban or built environment, few natural cues are available and other aids to wayfinding are needed. This paper considers the problems of wayfinding in airport terminals, what cues are available and how passengers use them to reach their destinations. The use of signs and maps is discussed, and conclusions are drawn on how wayfinding in airport terminals could be improved.The principles of wayfinding are simple; the practicalities are very complex.Nainoa Thompson.

2018 ◽  
Vol 236 ◽  
pp. 01001
Author(s):  
Gabriel Fedorko ◽  
Vieroslav Molnár ◽  
Patrik Ščavnický

The use of AGV vehicles is expanding to an ever-wider range of diverse areas. In addition to securing effective logistics processes in the industry, AGV systems have been deployed in quite non-traditional areas, for example in health or transportation of persons. Although AGV systems intended for passenger transport do not belong to AGV systems according to the definition of VGA standards, they can still be regarded as a regular member of this category of vehicles. In order to ensure their reliable operation, the same tools as for conventional AGV systems can be used. Such tools include a computer simulation method. The paper presents the model of People Mover AGV in order to analyse passenger transport between airport terminals.


2018 ◽  
Vol 174 ◽  
pp. 01024
Author(s):  
Stanisława Wehle-Strzelecka

The article is concerned with the subject of energy consumption in construction; it also discusses problems related to creation of sustainable built environment and its links to the natural environment, with special emphasis placed on its links to climate. Selected contemporary European development directions and trends in solutions using solar energy in buildings have been discussed in the paper, as well as various projects, concepts and realisations, mostly related to residential development. The collected examples present the experiences of previous eras as well as their continuation contemporary realisations based on the possibilities of using innovative technologies in architecture within the framework of actions undertaken in European countries. They are to be found in various scales referring to whole districts, housing estates and housing complexes as well as individual buildings. They refer both to new development and to transformations of the existing infrastructure in the process of its restoration.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Johannes Widodo

Human is the centre of natural exploitation and built environment, a belief that has been existed since the beginning of civilization when human started to adapt into the natural environment and to articulate nature into built-environment. Human as creator and innovator of the built environment put himself at the centre of the universe: geographically is at the middle ground in between the mountain and the waterfront, chronologically is in between the sunrise and the sunset, and ideologically is in between heaven above and underworld beneath the earth. He stands at the middle of circles that define inside and outside and denote sacred and profane. Water is the essence of life. Therefore, the forested hills and mountains that provide steady supply of fresh water are preserved and well protected, spiritually and physically. To ensure the continuous flow of the lifeline, the forests are protected against violations and destructions, through rituals and social rules. The choice of location for the built-up area of the settlement is carefully considered against natural and supra-natural factors, in order to ensure the harmonious relationships between human, nature, and the spirits. In rational sense, it is to ensure the survivability of the community’s existence and its livelihood.


Author(s):  
Hemlata

There is a multidisciplinary field focused on the study of the interrelations of human and its environment. Here, the broad definition of the word 'Environment' (item antecedent) includes all of the natural environment, social environment, built environment, educational environment and information environment.Over the years, extensive research work has been done on various aspects of the environment and this subject is gradually becoming a prosperity study area, many subjects have contributed to this study. Under its study area, the type of environment, the attitude of man towards them, the effects of culture, the structure and design of environment etc. are being analyzed in detail. मानव एवं उसके पर्यावरण के अन्तर्सम्बन्धों के अध्ययन पर केन्द्रित एक बहुविषयी क्षेत्र है। यहाँ पर पर्यावरण ;मदअपतवदउमदजद्ध शब्द की वृहद परिभाषा में प्राकृतिक पर्यावरणए सामाजिक पर्यावरणए निर्मित पर्यावरणए शैक्षिक पर्यावरण तथा सूचना.पर्यावरण सब समाहित हैं।विगत वर्षों में पर्यावरण के विभिन्न पक्षों को लेकर व्यापक शोध कार्य हुए हैं और यह विषय क्रमशः एक समृद्धि अध्ययन क्षेत्र बनता जा रहा है इस विषय में अध्ययन में अनेक विषयों का योगदान रहा है। इसके अध्ययन क्षेत्र के अन्तर्गत वातावरण के प्रकारए उनकेए प्रति मनुष्य की अभिवृत्तिए संस्कृति के प्रभावए पर्यावरण की संरचना और अभिकल्प इत्यादि का विस्तृति विश्लेषण किया जा रहा है।


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Marc Honore

<p>At many sites across New Zealand, industrial demands and the built environment have taken precedence over considerations for neighbouring natural settings, with a lack of threshold or transitional space between the two often leading to heavy contextual clashes. This is a prominent issue where the Korokoro Recreation Reserve meets the numerous industrial sites at Cornish Street in Lower Hutt, Wellington.  The aim of this research is to address these fragile contextual issues with an architectural intervention that acts like a joint on multiple theoretical levels, furthering our understanding of how architecture can contribute to the landscape, establishing a narrative between two conflicting conditions while establishing a transitional threshold between them.  Marco Frascari and Kenneth Frampton write on the theory of synecdoche in architecture and the capacity of details as generators, evidencing the skilful joining and consideration of parts, defined as ‘a process of signification’ resulting in synecdochal architecture, in which a part is made to represent the whole and vice versa. When architecture evidences synecdoche, a sensitive viewer can understand an architectural intervention’s underlying meaning and understand architecture as a set of dialogues. Through these means of enabling a greater understanding of architecture, the humble joint provides a didactic role, and through this didactic capability people may come to see and understand the important role that architecture can play in the context of its natural environment.</p>


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