Horizontal+circulation

**__Podcast about Horizontal circulation:__**

- What is it that the design of horizontal circulation determines? Horizontal circulation defines the basic shape and character of a structure.

- What are the four practical requirements of any horizontal circulation system? Horizontal circulation must be adecuate in size, it must have spacious roads and direct circulation; directness, it should work well in both directions; the points of converging traffic must be expresed to facilitate rapid access; and the changes in level must be clearly expressed. The architect can choose among several treatments to express the changes in level.

- What are the three examples (names of buildings) mentioned by Prof. Watanabe to illustrate different horizontal circulation patterns? Pennsylvania Station in New York, Le Corbusier's Tsentrosoyuz in Moscow and Palais de Justice in Paris.

- Why is the concept of Horizontal Circulation important in any urban plan or architectural design? Horizontal circulation is a necesary element in establishing the relationship between the parts and a whole and between the circulation pattern and the form of the entire structure.

