ABSTRACT
KEY POINTS: Certain dimensions are crucial to individual use and health Satisfying the average situation is unlikely to help the majority Each case must be carefully considered with all classes of
users, particularly people with different disabilities, in mind
Contents 1 Introduction 2 Anthropometrics 3 Ergonomics 4 Disabled people 5 Circulation spaces 6 Activities 7 Furniture 8 Storage 9 References
1 INTRODUCTION In this chapter will be found basic data which are needed for the design of most types of buildings. However, some basic matters are dealt with in later chapters, principally the following:
Sanitary provision and activity spaces in Chapter 3 Requirements for vehicles in Chapter 4 External and landscape design in Chapter 6 Eating and drinking in other than domestic situations in Chapter
2 ANTHROPOMETRICS
2.01 Anthropometrics is the science concerned with the measurement of humankind. Inevitably it is bound up with statistics, as people vary
considerably in most dimensions. Anthropometrics is of crucial importance to architects as the ultimate basis of the design of most buildings must be the size of the people using them. Average dimensions for British adults are given in 2.1 and 2.2, but in most cases the use of an average dimension will not produce satisfaction for the majority of users.
