1. This presentation will focus on the design themes involving an individual’s engagement of everyday life. The design realm of the personal space, work place, and public space. SCALES OF INHABITATION Aditi Padhi MBS School of Planning and Architecture

2. Aug 22, 2012MBS School of Planning and Architecture Vitruvian Man Vs Vastu Purush Vitruvian Man, The Proportions of the Human Figure. http://leonardodavinci.stanford.edu/submissions/clabaugh/history/othermen.html The diagram shown above, known as Vastu Purusha Mandala, is a metaphysical square The image of the Vastu Purusha is drawn in the form of a human male and who lies on the site with his position fitting exactly in a square.

3. Aug 22, 2012MBS School of Planning and Architecture HUMAN AND BUILDING The first paragraph of the upper part reports Vitruvius: "Vetruvio, architect, puts in his work on architecture that the measurements of man are in nature distributed in this manner, that is: a palm is four fingers a foot is four palms a cubit is six palms four cubits make a man a pace is four cubits a man is 24 palms and these measurements are in his buildings". The second paragraph reads: "if you open your legs enough that your head is lowered by one- fourteenth of your height and raise your hands enough that your extended fingers touch the line of the top of your head, know that the centre of the extended limbs will be the navel, and the space between the legs will be an equilateral triangle".

4. Aug 22, 2012MBS School of Planning and Architecture HUMAN AND BUILDING Anthropometry: the comparative study of sizes and proportions of the human body

5. Aug 22, 2012MBS School of Planning and Architecture SCALED FIGURES

7. Aug 22, 2012MBS School of Planning and Architecture IDEA GALLERY

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