Circulation_Types

// The T ypes of Circulation that will take place inside and outside the building. // The most important circulation on the building will be the vertical one, because of his high.The progress from one level to another will be solve trough a moving stairway which is especially useful when large numbers of people have to be carried from level to level in a more or less continuous stream, and trough elevators, which determines the distribution of the circulation pattern on all the floors. ** __

What do you think you will watch in this video? ** I think I’m going to watch a presentation of the Tower in la Défense, which shows what horizontal and vertical circulation is.

· ** Why do you think it was selected to introduce the topic of Vertical & Horizontal Circulation? ** A tower can be an excellent choice to show the concepts of vertical and horizontal circulation, because of their side, which is big vertically and horizontally, and to make the construction comfortable and appropriate for the activities which are going to be develop, it needs to have a correct circulation.

· ** What are some of the words you think you will listen to in a video like the one shown here? ** Horizontal, vertical, circulation, entrances, elevators, stairs, passage, people, movement, corridor, functions, dynamic, motion, distribution, accessibility, views, openings, etc.

** Watch the video a first time, and answer these questions: **
 * What is it that she says? **

“Fasten your seat belts it's going to be a bumpy night”.

** How many times is that phrase repeated? ** The phrase is repeated five times. ** What is the meaning of that sentence? ** It means that you, as a watcher, have to prepare yourself for the exciting things that you are going to see. If I had to put this sentence in a different way, but conserving the meaning, I would say: “Get ready for this, because is going to be exciting”. The original phrase was made by an actress in a movie called “all about eve”... Nowadays it’s more used the phrase “fasten your seat belts, is going to be a pumping ride”.

** Why does she say so? ** Because the video wants to transmit excitement and wants that the watchers pay attention to the images they are going to be looking at.

** Watch the video a second time and pay attention to these aspects: ** · ** Initial plan of the city spot: ** initially we have like a sketch of how the building is suppose to look like, and it transform gradually into the building it self, it became real.

** Building construction process: ** The process went from the bottom to the top, making the tower “grow”. Actually I didn’t see too much of the construction in the video, but the building seems to be made on steal.

** Movement of people: ** There are a lot of entrances and open spaces for people to past trough. The movement of the people seems to be slow on the presentation, but the reality is that on a tower with so many activities like this one, the circulation of people has to be huge, so I think the design of the building is made with this idea in mind.

** Directional changes: ** For all the dynamic of the different activities which are develop in the tower, the vertical and horizontal circulation must be great. The different elevators take the people from the bottom to the top of the building, and horizontally, the spaces are open and there are a lot of entrances to help the circulation of people without making traffic. The mechanics stairs are a help to keep the movement of people without using the elevator (for example, if you are only going one or two floors u or down).

** Access to the building: ** The access for people was very variety, there seems to be a lot of entrances.

** Pedestrians: ** The main entrance of the building is not specific, I mean, there are a lot of entrances for pedestrian, so they can have easy access to the building and circulate fast. **Building users: ** This is an executive space, were all seems to be about business and work, so the users are all professionals and workers.
 * Vehicles: ** The tower is in front of a principal street, and the cars can go around the building, to live people on the installation, or they can access to the parking too. Actually, there seems to be a great access for vehicles, but on the video we can't see a lot of that.

** Building users' needs: ** Spaces to develop their businesses activities, conference rooms, spaces for eat and relaxation.

** Building different stories (floors): ** there are a lot of floors under the earth level, and on the top of it too. It is a very tall tower.

** Building functions: ** It function as a working center and center of different activities, so the workers does not have to go out of the tower to fill they different needs.

** Building dynamics: ** Is a very dynamic building because of all the different activities which are develop in it, like the fitness center, archives, access VIP, the conference room (floor), the snack floor, all the offices, etc.

** Day-night: ** at day the tower has a glassy look, I image it similar to the “Parque Cristal” building that we have here in Caracas. And at night it becomes a spectacle of light, and there is a lot of contrast between the dark and the light parts of the building.

** Music: ** The music remains me a detective looking for clues to solve a mystery. Is very energetic and makes you feel curious about what you are going to look at the video; It makes you think: what is next?. In my opinion, excellent choice of music.