9 GEO - Intro to Spatial Design

What is an AFFORDANCE in spatial design?

• How an area looks.

• The emotion that we are supposed to feel in a space.

• Stopping vandalism and crime.

• What an area can provide for us.

COHERENCE is.....

• What an area can provide for us.

• How well design principles work together in a space.

• How complicated all the design principles are in a space.

• How environmentally friendly plants are.

What is COMPLEXITY in design?

• How complicated the design elements there are in a space.

• How well all the design elements work together.

• How recyclable building materials are.

• The process of how materials break down over time.

What is INTERCONNECTIVITY in design?

• How well wifi connectivity works in a space.

• How well we use space and move through it.

• How sustainable a design is.

• How people interact within a space and with eachother.

If an image is 2D, it looks like....

• Flat, like a photo, plan, painting or sketch

• Like a physical object you can touch

• Something that incorporates time

• Text only

If something is 3D, it is.....

• Flat like a drawing, plan, photo or painting

• Like a physical object or feeling like you can move in physical space

• Real life and nothing else

• Has the aspect of time

There are 2 correct answers here! If something is 4D, it can.....

• Look like a painting

• Be a video game

• Depend on time of day, year, decay or grow

• Depend on where you are in physical space to experience it

What is SPATIAL DESIGN?

• Design that focuses on farming only.

• Design that focuses on the flow between interior and exterior spaces.

• Design that focuses on art and public space only.

• Design that focuses only on objects and how they are used.

What is REWILDING?

• When you allow nature to take over a space.

• When you control nature and restrict it in a space.

• When you farm domestic animals in an urban space.

• When you have a rooftop garden.

What is PERMACULTURE?

• Agricultural ecosystems that are sustainable and self-sufficient

• Gardens in an urban environment

• How recyclable something is

• Spaces that have been allowed to be taken over by nature