This document discusses a project focused on understanding architectural space, specifically examining movement, passage, and user interaction within the building at 134-146 Curtain Road, London. It emphasizes a process of learning and mapping the unique characteristics and functions of the space, presenting various systems of analysis and data concerning the building's occupants and their movement patterns. The work aims to serve as a guideline for designers, exploring the significance of engaged, movement, and third spaces, while proposing potential advancements in how architecture interacts with user information and experience.

2. architecture/movement/text
This project is not simply about a public or built space, it is not
even about 134-146 Curtain Road, it is about learning, as a
designer, the system of movement, passage and meaning that
is governed by architectural form. This project is a process of
learning and communicating information to the designer, the
architect and the reader.
This project is about taking one space, and learning all its uses,
functions and forms in parallel to the users and visitors that
move in and around it.
This project is work-in-progress, it has no ending.

3. contents
introduction architecture/local area mapping
area mapping 01 [road names]
questions area mapping 02 [tube stations]
basics area mapping 03 [bus stops]
device/floor area mapping 04 [one way system]
device/floor/company bus route listings
floor/users
lift-floors frequency
stairs/company/time
movement/users_deliveries
frequency of deliveries
device/floor/company
total deliveries/entrance/device
architecture/engaged_movement_third movement/users_visitors
floor mapping 01 [basement] frequency of visitors
floor mapping 02 [ground floor] total visitors/entrance/device
floor mapping 03 [first floor]
floor mapping 04 [second floor]
floor mapping 05 [third floor]
pictures
floor mapping 05 [fourth floor] sketches
charting space
charting movement
charting architecture continued process
rendered perspectives 01 [wireframe+flat]
rendered perspectives 02 [all floors]
rendering/routes of movement
rendering still frame animation

4. introduction
This book is about information, lines, dots, text and fields of data. understanding not necessarily for every designer, but for me,
There is no colour, no expensive printing finishes, no overload of both as an individual and a designer. There in lies its generic
graphical layering, and no conclusive answers. Most importantly, application, not by proclaiming the ‘right’ way to approach
this book is work in progress, it represents a process, a mapping designing for an architectural or public space, but an
of experience, understanding and knowledge of one subject, one alternative means to realise space.
area, one space in particular, in short, i have focused my MA
project on a public and built space called Curtain House, 134-146 There is no specific product, nor is it overlayed with
Curtain Road, London EC2a 3AR. unnecessary graphical elements, there are no conclusive
answers as to how designers should be creating a ‘generic’
As a process this book is not governed or determined by signage/information systems for any public or architectural
conclusive answers, what it does seek to establish is a route, a space. It is my belief that all space is unique, it has many uses
process, a method of working within architectural space. A and users, and should therefore be treated as one space rather
method that explores the nature, language and most importantly, than trying to make all applications generic, we should strive
the usage of a space by its occupants, because only then as for unique systems of envisioned information by studying each
designers can we hope to communicate a system of design that space individually. Only then may we as designers be more
not only supports the architectural space, but reflects the nature easily accepted in to the discipline of architecture.
of the space.
In order to achieve this I have set about establishing as many
details about the building as I could, so that i may comprehend
the building through my eyes as a designer. The process has
inevitably become the actual project; to visualise information.
What you will read, view and interpret from this book is simply
various systems of analysis and data concerning the building its
occupants, deliveries, visitors, localised area and so on.
This book is more of a tool, a guideline to enable an

5. architecture
engaged_movement_third
Curtain House consists of four upper floors, a ground floor, and a By learning about these areas you may be able to understand
basement. It has one lift that can carry a maximum of six people, whether these areas communicate well together as one space,
a stair well that runs from the basement to the top floor. Each or whether there could be improvement; whether the
floor differs in engaged space, movement space, and third space. importance of the movement space could be shifted to the third
There are different variants in the amount of people that work space, to enable better communication, both physiologically
and move through each floor and office space, and it is these and informatively?
variables that need to be recorded, and understood, in order to
comprehend how each space is used.
Engaged space, consists of space that is permanently inhabited
by occupants of the building, within the office/studio space.
Movement space, is concerned with the areas that allow passage
in and around the building, such as the lift and stair wells.
Recording these spaces allows us to record what area may
denote movement, and to what extent the frequency of that
movement exists in specific parts of building.
Third space, is actually concerned with ‘non-space’. A space that
exists as a direct parallel to the movement space, and yet adds
nothing new to the experience of the movement. Such as
corridors, hallways, doors, landings, intermediate landings, and
so on. These areas, although important to the right of passage,
add nothing, they are merely corridors of passage to allow the
user to move from point A to B.

6. rendered perspectives 01 [wireframe+flat]
The floor and area plans are a crucial part of any public or built
space, and although I have re-drawn the floor plans of Curtain
House in this book to establish areas within the building that
determine engaged, movement and third space, they act simply
as the beginning of my interpretation of this space.
In the following section I have created my own 3-dimensional
renders of the building, including just the company names, lifts
and stairs (where indicated), and studio spaces. These help
determine where everything sits next to each other, establishes a
language for the building, and enables you the reader to look at
the building in another perspective, not necessarily an
architectural one, but one from the eye of a designer who is
understanding the space. Admittedly it is presented to you on a
mere flatland of static paper, but it is an alternative approach and
technic to present the floor plans with a visual representation of
space and form on a page.
Creating and rendering my own Curtain House has helped me
confirm where companies sit above one another, it has allowed
me the freedom to move in and around the space (on screen), but
all the same it is the allusion of movement that is important in
order to visualise the building. Even though I know the building,
the important point is that you the reader probably does not, but
you might understand it a little better by viewing the next section.

7. continued process 1
There is nothing special about Curtain House, 134-146 Curtain There is a lot more that I would like to have established within
Road, it is not a spectacular construction of architecture, it does my research for this book, elements that I think would add
not make any statements, but there is room for improving the clarity to its context. Mapping the movements of occupants
interior of the building, this is the problem that I identified. Since within their particular spaces, and the building throughout a
this project began the actual reception has been refurbished, and one week period would be of interest to this project. I think it
repositioned by the front door, sitting opposite this new reception, would be important to narrow it down to the individual users of
instead of mirrors, is a white washed wall. There are new doors, the building, record their every movement, so that I may
the lifts’ interior is next to be refurbished, and all the completely understand the way in which each person uses the
intermediate landings outside the lift on all floors is to be space. Possibly even interviewing them about their thoughts on
re-decorated. Having been in discussion with the Landlord about the builidng itself, how they get there? how they feel when
this project, I have actually been asked by them to consider they arrive?
approaching this building and space as a ‘live’ project after
my MA. As discussed in the dissertation, designers are now becoming
increasingly more muilt-media literate. To emphasise this i
As stated before, this book is work-in-progress, it has no ending. believe the use of an interactive medium to be used within
The reason for this is because there are so many more architectural space is perhaps a must rather than a maybe.
possibilities that I would like to explore, and luckily dependent on There are so many formats and mediums that could be applied
budgets, I might actually be able to. to any space, but those conclusions should only be made after
the research and investigation that this project has examined.
This project has not only acted as the starting point for developing To follow are suggestions of how various ‘interactive’ mediums
my understanding of architectural space and form, with could be implemented for future use as a continuation of this
consideration to the input of information design, but has now project. It will show the possibilities of how users could access
developed into the core foundation of a real brief, working within information online within the internet, to explore, as I have, the
an actual space. space and all its content, stripping away information, observing
users routes, visitors, usage of the lift and stairs, observing

8. continued process 2
companies and there users, and so on. usually has a lot of meetings, or leaves the building, their space
or recieves a lot of deliveries then this could be updated on the
There is already a web site address registered for this project; web site which could link to the main signage system of the
http://www.134-146curtainroad.net, which is acting as a building? Telling the delivery personnel exactly where that
secondary platform for this project. You can access this site at the person is in the building. This could be achieved by every
moment and view the contents of this book, but eventually I would occupant being given a security card which not only allows
like it to become a place where users and visitors can interact access to the building, but also acts as a tracking device for the
with the actual building. A site that could allow visitors to the internal signage system. This would mean that someone who
building every detail about how to get there, where the entrances has never been to the building before could log in to the system
are, where the reception and caretaker is, what floor they will be on entry, or ask the caretaker to do so (maybe by typing in the
visiting, where their final destination within the building is, and so recipients name) and then gives the new user or visitor a
on. visitors security card which, from that point onwards, updates
LED screens that alert the new user to where they (the
I also intend to produce a 3-dimensional engine for the web site individual) should be going. Which would update dependent
that would work alttle like an intranet system for the building upon where you were in the building, the stairs, the lift and
itself, that will allow users and visitors to see the building, all its even alert you if you have taken a wrong turn. Maybe the actual
floors, lifts, stairs, offices and studios, and take information about movement of the studios and offices could somehow be
the building, how to get to certian floors, by printing out recorded by heat sensors which upload on to a web site and
directions with actual 3-dimensional bitmapped views. local system of navigation. This could alert visitors and
occupants of where the most activity was being created?
Taking into consideration the placement of actual occupants
within the building so that if there is certain companies, individual These ideas for systems of navigation have been derived from
occupants or departments that have a higher level of visitors or adopting all the data in this book, maybe they would work,
deliveries, then there could be a hierachy of information to access maybe there would be technical difficulties, but ultimately this
directly about them. For example, if an individual or company book is about understanding space, learning from a space and

9. continued process 3
how it is use, and then taking all that information and attaching it
to a building so that we the designers can address the individual
within a space. Making the architectural space interact with the
information that is needed by visitors and other users. Many
signage systems at the moment do not actually address the
individual, they identify a particular place, they point in a general
direction, but they are not universal or diverse. What happens if a
blind or har dof hearing person visits a building or public space?
How do those individuals use the space? how can the designer
take all this into account and use the space to envelope every
type of individual?
This MA is not this book, it is not 134-146curtainroad, it is not
about answers or solutions, and it is not about what I put in the
exhibition. It is about ideas, content, and questions. Questions
that I have asked, and in some cases, suggested solutions. It is
about this ‘continued process’ section, it is about where this
project could and might progress to. This section, indeed page,
should in no way be seen as the conclusion simply because it is
the last page of the book. This book is just the beginning of this
project.
http://www.134-146curtainroad.net

10. questions
how can designers further their understanding of public or
built space?
what can designers offer architects?
how can designers use the form and function of a public or built
space in order to reflect a system of communication
and information?
what can architects learn from the perspective of a designers
interpretations of a space?
how can designers further their understand of the physiognomic
language of space and movement?
What happens if a blind person visits a building? or deaf? How do
those people use the space? how can the designer take all this
into account and use the space to envelope every type of
individual?

11. movement
users_visitors
Architecture is not merely about providing shelter, it is about sounds, or colour according to the weather? time of day? even
creating and allowing movement and passage within and around the mood of the individual?
public and built spaces.
b. once the individual is in the building it is important to
When working with a public or built space to design, it is also determine what entrance is most commonly used. If there are
important to know not just how the users and the building itself multiple entrances and exits, then you might find it useful to
works, but also to have an awareness of how users, visitors and find the one most frequently used, in order to establish where
delivery persons travel to, and approach the building upon their the hierarchy of information should have dominance.
arrival.
c. there may be many floors or even different units to a site.
To follow I will elaborate this through simple diagrams, providing with Curtain House, there are four floors, but there are many
statistical data that will reflect the natural course in which users different companies within each floor. All vary in size, and
and visitors approach a space and move around it. There are frequency of visitors and deliveries. However, there are two
several elements of criteria we must establish through the methods of getting up and down to the necessary floors, the lift
process of understanding the space: and the stairs. Again, by determining the frequency of both, you
will be able to deduce where the necessary areas of design and
a. if the majority of people, everyday users, use a form of public information will need to concentrate upon.
transport to travel partly or in its entirety to the site, then we
must establish that route, understand the method they use. Try to
determine how successful or stressful those journey’s are for the
individual. The result of these findings may enable you, the
designer, to consider using a system of colour, smell,
photography, art or sound into a signage system, in order to
create a space that encompasses a physiological ambience.
Maybe it would be possible to create a system that changed

12. name transport entrance internal device floor company
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
nigel limb
direct dialog
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
tube
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
bus mark turner + aaj nayak
families need fathers
underlines store room
car 4 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
product 250
3
paul davies
front door lift 2 chris morris
train
letaps
mark hough b.c.d
garage stairs 1
chris richardson
walk g tom gray
raymond shawyer
b rare styles
scooter vitaminic
research fortnight
compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
bike
opera rara
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
direct cidlog [basement]

13. name transport entrance internal device floor company
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
nigel limb
direct dialog
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
tube
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
bus mark turner + aaj nayak
families need fathers
underlines store room
car 4 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
product 250
3
paul davies
front door lift 2 chris morris
train
mark breslin letaps
garage stairs 1 b.c.d
chris richardson
walk g tom gray
raymond shawyer
b rare styles
scooter vitaminic
research fortnight
compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
bike
opera rara
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
direct cidlog [basement]

14. name transport entrance internal device floor company
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
nigel limb
direct dialog
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
tube
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
bus mark turner + aaj nayak
families need fathers
underlines store room
car 4 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
product 250
3
paul davies
front door lift 2 chris morris
philip o` dwyer train
letaps
garage stairs 1 b.c.d
chris richardson
walk g tom gray
raymond shawyer
b rare styles
scooter vitaminic
research fortnight
compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
bike
opera rara
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
direct cidlog [basement]

15. name transport entrance internal device floor company
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
nigel limb
direct dialog
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
tube
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
bus mark turner + aaj nayak
families need fathers
underlines store room
car 4 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
product 250
3
paul davies
front door lift 2 chris morris
ANN KELLy train
letaps
garage stairs 1 b.c.d
chris richardson
walk g tom gray
raymond shawyer
b rare styles
scooter vitaminic
research fortnight
compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
bike
opera rara
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
direct cidlog [basement]

16. name transport entrance internal device floor company
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
nigel limb
direct dialog
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
tube
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
bus mark turner + aaj nayak
families need fathers
underlines store room
car 4 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
product 250
3
paul davies
front door lift 2 chris morris
shane walters train
letaps
garage stairs 1 b.c.d
chris richardson
walk g tom gray
raymond shawyer
b rare styles
scooter vitaminic
research fortnight
compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
bike
opera rara
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
direct cidlog [basement]

17. name transport entrance internal device floor company
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
nigel limb
direct dialog
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
tube
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
bus mark turner + aaj nayak
families need fathers
underlines store room
car 4 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
product 250
3
paul davies
front door lift 2 chris morris
train
letaps
matt HANSON garage stairs 1 b.c.d
chris richardson
walk g tom gray
raymond shawyer
b rare styles
scooter vitaminic
research fortnight
compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
bike
opera rara
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
direct cidlog [basement]

18. name transport entrance internal device floor company
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
nigel limb
direct dialog
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
tube
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
bus mark turner + aaj nayak
families need fathers
underlines store room
car 4 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
product 250
3
paul davies
front door lift 2 chris morris
train
anna doyle letaps
garage stairs 1 b.c.d
chris richardson
walk g tom gray
raymond shawyer
b rare styles
scooter vitaminic
research fortnight
compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
bike
opera rara
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
direct cidlog [basement]

19. name transport entrance internal device floor company
recordings taken from users
[usual] route to and around the light surgeons
building> pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
nigel limb
direct dialog
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
tube
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
bus mark turner + aaj nayak
families need fathers
underlines store room
car 4 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
product 250
3
paul davies
front door lift 2 chris morris
train
letaps
garage stairs 1 b.c.d
toby egelnick
chris richardson
walk g tom gray
raymond shawyer
b rare styles
scooter vitaminic
research fortnight
compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
bike
opera rara
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
direct cidlog [basement]

20. name transport entrance internal device floor company
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
nigel limb
direct dialog
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
tube
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
bus mark turner + aaj nayak
families need fathers
underlines store room
car 4 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
product 250
3
paul davies
front door lift 2 chris morris
train
Scott Haycock letaps
garage stairs 1 b.c.d
chris richardson
walk g tom gray
raymond shawyer
b rare styles
scooter vitaminic
research fortnight
compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
bike
opera rara
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
direct cidlog [basement]

21. name transport entrance internal device floor company
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
nigel limb
direct dialog
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
tube
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
bus mark turner + aaj nayak
families need fathers
underlines store room
car 4 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
product 250
3
paul davies
front door lift 2 chris morris
train
chris morris letaps
garage stairs 1 b.c.d
chris richardson
walk g tom gray
raymond shawyer
b rare styles
scooter vitaminic
research fortnight
compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
bike
opera rara
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
direct cidlog [basement]

22. name transport entrance internal device floor company
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
nigel limb
direct dialog
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
tube
mark hough • direct dialog
mark breslin • qube
philip o"dwyer • de grussa larkou
matt hanson • bus mark turner + aaj nayak
shane walters • families need fathers
ANN KELLY • underlines store room
anna doyle • car 4 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
toby egelnick • product 250
3
Scott Haycock • paul davies
chris morris • front door lift 2 chris morris
train
clare harris • letaps
garage stairs 1 b.c.d
chris richardson
walk g tom gray
raymond shawyer
b rare styles
scooter vitaminic
research fortnight
compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
bike
opera rara
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
direct cidlog [basement]

23. device/floor
4
3
lift 2
stairs 1
g
b

24. device/floor/company
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
nigel limb
direct dialog
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
mark turner + aaj nayak
families need fathers
underlines store room
4 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
product 250
3
paul davies
lift 2 chris morris
letaps
stairs 1 b.c.d
chris richardson
g tom gray
raymond shawyer
b rare styles
vitaminic
research fortnight/
compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
opera rara
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
bricklane music hall
direct cidlog [basement]

25. stairs-floors frequency
Similarly to the examination of the lift, this section simply outlines the floor positioning and variable
time rate that corresponds to each company on every floor using the stairs as a means for getting to
each from the entrance of the building.
If it was felt necessary, one could examine this further to establish exactly how long it takes to move
from point A (the entrance) to point B (the destination), by asking occupants, visitors or delivery
personnel of various sex and ages to record there times and movement over a period of time.
This would help determine what percentage of people actually used the stairs, and how long it took
them to move through each floor. Also examining use of light and colour throught these passages,
because visitors and delivery personnel are going to be most influenced by these corridors and
elevations, and so lighting and general appearence is important in order to create an ambience of
movement and space that is encapsulated within each section of the building.

26. stairs/company/time 01.00 01.30 02.00 02.30 03.00 03.30
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
nigel limb
direct dialog
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
mark turner + aaj nayak
families need fathers
underlines store room
vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
product 250
paul davies
chris morris
letaps
b.c.d
chris richardson
tom gray
raymond shawyer
rare styles
vitaminic
research fortnight/
compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
opera rara
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
bricklane
stairs direct cidlog [basement]

27. name transport entrance internal device floor company
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
nigel limb
direct dialog
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
tube
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
bus mark turner + aaj nayak
families need fathers
underlines store room
car 4 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
product 250
3
paul davies
front door lift 2 chris morris
train
mark hough letaps
garage stairs 1 b.c.d
chris richardson
walk g tom gray
raymond shawyer
b rare styles
scooter vitaminic
research fortnight
compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
bike
opera rara
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
direct cidlog [basement]

28. lift-floors frequency
Dependent on how long a user will wait for the lift to arive at there destination within the building, this
simple chart registers a numeric value to the journey between each and every floor. These values and
not exact timings, because the lifts movement between floors through each day has no set variable
rate. However this does allow the designer to establish whether the lift goes to all floors, how long it
takes (roughly), and whethe or not there are express lifts that allow quicker movement from point A
(entrance) to point B (destination). Added details about the lift would also benefit the designer: does the
lift have a maximum capacity? How is it lite? what are its features? Examinations such as these can be
used to help the user engage with information, maybe a screen next to the lift should now offer more
information than what floor it is at? It could indicate how many people are in the lft, what floor it is
stopping at next, how long it will take to get to there position, and so on.

29. lift-floors frequency
journey between floors in lift
[dependent upon waiting time]
5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
4 b
3 g
2 1
1 2
g 3
maximum capacity: six people
lighting: halogen bulbs
features: blue carpeted walls, mirrored interior on
b 4 back wall (creates a sense of more space, and light)

30. movement/users_deliveries
This section examines the entrance, movement, and usage around the building of delivery personnel, and
visitors to companies within Curtain House. These two factors are two important when observing the
buildings usage and passage, because they are perhaps unfamiliar with the layout of the building, the
correct entrance (given that many buildings have separate entrances for delivery personnel), or even the
whereabouts of the reception, stairs or lift. Further investigations could establish a record of frequencies
regarding visitors and deliveries over a one week period. This would establish how many visitors and
delivery people visit each office, how many use the lift or stairs; which would ascertain which route was
most frequently used, and therefore determine where the most dominant form of design should sit or be
used within the building.
[• = one delivery]

31. total deliveries/entrance/device
all floors_deliveries
recorded on
28.10.00
Observations such as these enable the designer to understand how people, who are not familiar
with the space, enter it and use it. This data visualises alot more than just where and how
people use the building, because you could examine what companies they are visiting in
particular, see how frequent those visitors are to the same companies. Find out what business
those companies actually follow, which might influence the system of signage for the building; i.e
most of the space on the fourth floor is dedicated to music and photography, should the signage
be able to feed from this, to reflect the space by sound or photography installations?
[• = one visitor]

32. basement
deliveries recorded on
28.10.00
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • • • • • • • • • • •
front door lift direct dialog
garage stairs

33. basement
frequency of deliveries
28.10.00
total deliveries= 20 front door= 11 lift= 17 20 direct dialog ••••••••••••••••••••
garage= 9 stairs= 3
•••••••••• ••••••••••• •••••••••••
•••••••••• ••••••••• ••••••
•••

34. first floor
deliveries recorded on
28.10.00
• • • • • •
- - -
- - -
• • • • • •
- - -
- front door - lift -
tom gray
• garage • stairs • •
raymond shawyer
• • • • -
rare styles
-
vitaminic
- - -
research fortnight
- - •
compass c.b.a publishing
- - • •
film office
• • • • -
opera rara
• • • •
kio5k
•
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb

35. first floor
frequency of deliveries
28.10.00
total deliveries= 10 front door= 8 lift= 5 2 tom gray ••
garage= 2 stairs= 5 0 raymond shawyer -
2 rare styles ••
0 vitaminic -
•••••••••• •••••••• ••••• 0 research fortnight -
•• ••••• 2 compass c.b.a publishing ••
0 film office -
0 opera rara -
0 kio5k -
1 o.t.t •
2 unison ••
0 underlines/rod howe -
2 a.k.a ••
1 egelnick+webb •

36. second floor
deliveries received on 28.10.00
• • •
• • •
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • •
• • •
- front door - lift - state design
- garage - stairs - onedotzero
- - - direct dialog
• • • • • • qube
- - - de grussa larkou
• • • • • • • • • mark turner + aaj nayak
- - - families need fathers
• • • underlines store room
- - - vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
• • • product 250
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • paul davies
chris morris
letaps
b.c.d
chris richardson

37. second floor
frequency of deliveries
28.10.00
total deliveries= 22 front door= 18 lift= 22 1 state design •
garage= 4 stairs= 0 1 onedotzero •
7 direct dialog •••••••
0 qube -
•••••••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••• •••••••••••••••••••••• 1 de grussa larkou •
•••• 1 mark turner + aaj nayak •
0 families need fathers -
0 underlines store room -
2 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper ••
0 product 250 -
3 paul davies •••
1 chris morris -
0 letaps -
1 b.c.d •
5 chris richardson •••••

38. third floor
deliveries received on 28.10.00
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
front door lift direct dialogue
garage stairs

39. third floor
frequency of deliveries
28.10.00
total deliveries= 6 front door= 6 lift= 6 6 direct dialogue ••••••
garage= 0 stairs= 0
•••••• •••••• ••••••

40. fourth floor
deliveries recorded on 28.10.00
• • •
• • • • • • • • •
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
front door lift light surgeons
garage stairs pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb

41. fourth floor
frequency of deliveries
28.10.00
total deliveries= 13 front door= 10 lift= 12 1 light surgeons •
garage= 3 stairs= 1 3 pd3 + tully + co •••
9 nigel limb •• •••••••
•••••• ••••••• •••••• •••• •••••• ••••••
••• •

42. first floor
visitors recorded on
28.10.00
• • • • • •
- - -
• • • • • •
- - -
- - -
• • front door • • lift • • tom gray
- garage - stairs - raymond shawyer
- - • rare styles
- - • • vitaminic
• • - research fortnight
• • • • - compass c.b.a publishing
- - - film office
- - - opera rara
- - • • kio5k
- - • o.t.t
• • • • unison
• • underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb

43. second floor
visitors recorded on
28.10.00
• • •
• • •
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • •
• • •
- front door - lift - state design
- garage - stairs - onedotzero
- - - direct dialog
• • • • • • qube
- - - de grussa larkou
• • • • • • • • • mark turner + aaj nayak
- - - families need fathers
• • • underlines store room
- - - vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
• • • product 250
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • paul davies
chris morris
letaps
b.c.d
chris richardson

44. third floor
visitors recorded on
28.10.00
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
front door lift direct dialog
garage stairs

45. fourth floor
visitors recorded on
28.10.00
• • •
• • • • • • • • •
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
front door lift light surgeons
garage stairs pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb

46. total visitors/entrance/device
all floors_visitors
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
mark turner + aaj nayak
• • • • • • • • • families need fathers
• • • • • • • • • • • • underlines store room
• • • • • • • • • • • • vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
• • • • • • product 250
• • • • • front door • • • • • lift • • • • • paul davies
• • • • • garage • • • • • stairs • • • • • chris morris
• • • letaps
• • • • • • b.c.d
• • • • • • • • • chris richardson
• • • • • • • • • • • • tom gray
• • • • • • raymond shawyer
• • • • • • • • • rare styles
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • vitaminic
• • • • • • • • • • • • research fortnight
• • • • • • • • • • • • compass c.b.a publishing
• • • • • • • • • opera rara
• • • • • • • • • film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
direct cidlog [basement]

47. 134-146 curtain road
floor mapping 02
ground floor
engaged space brick lane music hall •
entrance •
dustbin store •
stairs •
passage space
reception/caretaker •
lift •
garage •
third space
toilets
light well

48. 134-146 curtain road
floor mapping 03
first floor
engaged space stair •
kio5k •
o.t.t •
opera rara •
passage space unison •
opera rara •
a.k.a •
third space underlines/rod howe •
egelnick+web •
opera rara •
toilets opera rara •
toilets •
film office •
compass c.b.a publishing •
light well
research fortnight •
lift •
o.t.t •
tom gray •
vitaminic •
rare style •
raymond shawyer •

49. 134-146 curtain road
floor mapping 04
second floor
engaged space stair •
paul davies •
product 250 •
vacant pig/bodgit + scarper •
passage space chris morris •
underlines store room •
letaps •
third space families need fathers •
b.c.d •
mark turner + aaj nayak •
toilets chris richardson •
de grussa larkou •
toilets •
stair •
light well
lift •
direct dialog •
qube •
state design •
onedotzero •

50. 134-146 curtain road
floor mapping 05
third floor
engaged space stair •
direct dialog •
toilet •
stair •
passage space
lift •
direct dialog •
third space
toilets
light well

51. 134-146 curtain road
floor mapping 05
fourth floor
engaged space stair •
nigel limb •
toilets •
stairs •
passage space
lift •
light surgeons •
pd3 + tully + co •
third space
toilets
light well

52. 134-146 curtain road
floor mapping 01
basement
engaged space direct dialog •
toilet •
stairs •
lift •
passage space
third space
toilets

53. architecture/local area mapping
This section simply deals with the surrounding area around
Curtain House, locating and plotting every tube station, major
road, and bus stop (including a bus route listing). Recording
this data helps to know the area around a space, how the
traffic moves, and is systematically controlled. It also assists
in learning how people could get to the building, from which
direction, what area, and how long each route takes.
This data is also linked to recording the method that users
and visitors take to the building. This could easily be extended
by charting occupants route to the building; which would help
to establish what kind of journey the occupants experience,
which relates to what frame of mind they might be in once in
the building. The building represents shelter, protection from
the elements, it may have heat, or air-conditioning, but it may
also be well lite, smell different, have sounds playing upon
arrival, anything to try and create an ambience, or a certain
mood to influence the way people use and feel about the
building.

54. 134-146 curtain road•
arear mapping 01 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
road names
a a
kings road •
hoxton square • b b
hackney road •
pitfield street •
old street •
c c
rivington street •
great eastern road •
city road •
tabernacle street • d d
bethnal green road •
shoreditch high street •
st. paul street • e e
worship street •
primrose street •
apollo street •
f f
bishopsgate •
commercial road •
liverpool street station •
london wall • g g
old broad street •
threadneedle street •
leadenhall street • h h
cornhill •
i i
j j
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

55. 134-146 curtain road•
area mapping 02 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
tube stations
a a
tube stations
b b
c.01 old street •
northern line
british rail
c c
e.07 shoreditch •
east end
british rail
d d
f.03 liverpool street •
circle
hammersmith and city
e e
metropolitan
central
british rail
f f
h.06 aldgate east •
district
i.05 aldgate • g g
cirle and district
metropolitan
hammersmith and city
h h
i.01 bank •
cirlce and district
northern
i i
central
docklands light railway
british rail
j j
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

56. 134-146 curtain road•
area mapping 03 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
bus stops
a a
bus stops
b b
old street roundabout •
43,, 76, 141,214, 271,
55
c c
shoreditch church •
43, 55, 243
shoreditch high street • d d
26, 35, 43, 47, 48, 55
67, 78, 149, 242, 243
great eastern street • e e
43, 55, 243
bishopsgate •
8, 26, 35, 43, 47, 48, f f
78, 149, 242
liverpool street station •
11, 23, 42, 100, 133,
g g
141, 214, 271, sl1, sl2,
h h
i i
j j
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09

57. bus routes
8 48 141
victoria, mayfair, oxford circus, london bridge, liverpool street, liverpool street, moorgate, hoxton,
holborn, bank, liverpool street, london bridge, shoreditch, hackney, harrigay, wood green.
shoreditch. clapton, leyton, walthamstow.
149
23 55 london bridge, liverpool street,
westbourne park, paddington, oxford circus, bloomsbury, shoreditch, stoke newington,
marble arch, oxford circus, trafalgar old street, shoreditch, hackney, tottenham, edmonton, ponders end.
sqaure, aldwych, st.pauls, bank, clapton, leyton, green.
liverpool street. 214
67 liverpool street, islington, kings
26 aldgate, shoreditch, stoke cross, camden town, parliament,
waterloo, aldwych, st.pauls, bank, newington, stamford hill, hill fields, highgate village.
liverpool street, shoreditch, wood green.
hackney wick. 242
76 tottenham court road, holborn,
35 county hall, waterloo, aldwych, st. bank, liverpool street, shoreditch,
shoreditch,liverpool street, london pauls, bank, moorgate, hoxton, dalston, hackney, clapton park.
bridge, elephant, camberwell, stoke newington, tettenham,
calpham junction. northumberland park. 243
waterloo, aldwych, bloomsbruy,
42 78 old street, shoreditch, stoke
liverpool street, aldgate, tower shoreditch, liverpool street, aldgate, newington, tottenham, wood green.
bridge, old kent road, camberwell tower bridge, bermondsey,
green, denmark hill. peckham, nunhead. 271
liverpool street, moorgate,
43 100 old street, hoxton, holloway,
friern barnet, muswell hill, archway, elephant and castle, southwark, archway.
holloway, islington then moorgate, barbican, liverpool street, aldgate,
bank, shoreditch. tower of london, wapping, shadwell.
47 133
shoreditch, liverpool street, london liverpool street, bank, london
bridge, canada water, surrey quays, bridge, elephant, brixton,
deptford, lewisham. streatham, tooting.

58. rendered perspectives 01
camera view

59. rendered perspectives 01 [wireframe]
back view

60. rendered perspectives 01 [wireframe]
bottom view

61. rendered perspectives 01 [wireframe]
front view

62. rendered perspectives 01 [wireframe]
left view

63. rendered perspectives 01 [wireframe]
right view

64. rendered perspectives 01 [wireframe]
top view

65. rendered perspectives 02 [flat]
camera view

66. rendered perspectives 02 [flat]
back view

67. rendered perspectives 02 [flat]
bottom view

68. rendered perspectives 02 [flat]
front view

69. rendered perspectives 02 [flat]
left view

70. rendered perspectives 01
right view

71. rendered perspectives 01
top view

72. rendered perspectives 02 [all floors]
This following section illustrates a perspective of the Curtain House. This rendering is not an
exact replication of the building, but an indication of floors, lifts stairs, offices and studio’s as
I have found them. There is every possbility that you may not be familiar with this building, but
this makes no difference. This book indicates how I have approached this particular building,
this architectural and built space, and performed a series of observations and investigations in
to learning about the space, its usage, its occupants and there journeys to and from the
building. This following section simply illustrates my interpretation of this building so that you
may comprehend a better visualisation of the space with which I have been working in.

85. entrance
front door
garage

86. lift/floor
4
3
2
1
g
b

87. lift/floor
4
3
2
1
g
b

88. lift/floor
4
3
2
1
g
b

89. lift/floor
4
3
2
1
g
b

90. lift/floor
4
3
2
1
g
b

91. lift/floor
4
3
2
1
g
b

92. stairs/floor
4
3
2
1
g
b

93. stairs/floor
4
3
2
1
g
b

94. stairs/floor
4
3
2
1
g
b

95. stairs/floor
4
3
2
1
g
b

96. stairs/floor
4
3
2
1
g
b

97. stairs/floor
4
3
2
1
g
b

104. rendering/routes of movement
The following pages identify simple routes of movement from
point A (the entrance) to point B (the destination). Enabling
you the reader to understand the layout and movement that
the building allows.
From a designers perspective it simply visualises the data
from this book; not necessarily the movement of individuals,
but the passage that could be taken to each company.
Graphically it is merely an alternative form of envisioning
information of systematical movement.

108. rendering still frame animation
The next two pages are of a still frame animation that I
rendered of Curtain House. Its purpose is to illustrate the
dynamics of the building, its layout and placement of offices.
Although this is still represented on a staic format, it still
engages an alternative perspective of the building that you
may not have seen before. As a designer, I found this
extremely important, just froma visual point of view, it allowed
me to view the actually building in ways that you could never
do in real life.
This alone establishes an answer to Edward Tufte’s question
of ‘How do we represent the rich visual world of experience
on a mere flatland?’, in many ways this animation does that.,;
because you are viewing something printed and static, yet at
the same time something that you couldnt even experience in
the ‘real’ world.

111. total deliveries/entrance/device
all floors_deliveries
[• = one delivery]
light surgeons
pd3 + tully + co
nigel limb
direct dialog
state design
onedotzero
direct dialog
qube
de grussa larkou
• •• • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • •
• •• • • • • • • mark turner + aaj nayak
-
• • • • • • • •
- • • • • • • •
- • • • • • • families need fathers
-
•
• • •• • • • •• • •
• • • • •
•
- • •• • • • •• • •
• • • • •
-
•
• • •• • • • •• • • • •
• • • • • • • •
• underlines store room
• • • • • • • • • vacant pig/bodgit + scarper
- • - • - • product 250
- - front door - - lift - - paul davies
• - garage • - stairs • - chris morris
• • - • • - • • - letaps
• • • • • • b.c.d
- - - - - - chris richardson
- • • • - • • • - • • • tom gray
- - - - - - raymond shawyer
• • • • • • • • • rare styles
• - • - • - vitaminic
• • • research fortnight
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • compass c.b.a publishing
opera rara
film office
opera rara
kio5k
o.t.t
unison
underlines/rod howe
a.k.a
egelnick+webb
direct cidlog [basement]

112. total visitors/entrance/device
all floors
visitors recorded on
28.10.00
Observations such as these enable the designer to understand how people, who are not familiar with the
space, enter it and use it. This data visualises alot more than just where and how people use the building,
because you could examine what companies they are visiting in particular, see how frequent those visitors are
to the same companies. Find out what business those companies actually follow, which might influence the
system of signage for the building; i.e most of the space on the fourth floor is dedicated to music and
photography, should the signage be able to feed from this, to reflect the space by sound or photography
installations?
[• = one visitor]

113. first floor
frequency of visitors
28.10.00
total deliveries= 12 front door= 12 lift= 6 2 tom gray • •
garage= 0 stairs= 6 - raymond shawyer -
2 rare styles • •
- vitaminic -
•••••••••••• •••••••••••• •••••• - research fortnight -
•••••• 2 compass c.b.a publishing • •
- film office -
1 opera rara •
2 kio5k • •
- o.t.t -
- unison -
- underlines/rod howe -
2 a.k.a • •
1 egelnick+webb •

114. second floor
frequency of visitors
28.10.00
total deliveries= 23 front door= 23 lift= 23 1 state design •
garage= 0 stairs= 0 1 onedotzero •
7 direct dialog • • • • • • •
1 qube •
••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 de grussa larkou •
- mark turner + aaj nayak -
- families need fathers -
- underlines store room -
2 vacant pig/bodgit + scarper • •
- product 250 -
3 paul davies • • •
- chris morris -
1 letaps •
- b.c.d -
1 chris richardson •
5 • • • • •

115. third floor
frequency of visitors
28.10.00
total deliveries= 6 front door= 6 lift= 6 6 direct dialog ••••••
garage= 0 stairs= 0
•••••• •••••• ••••••

116. fourth floor
frequency of visitors
28.10.00
total deliveries= 13 front door= 10 lift= 10 1 light surgeons •
garage= 3 stairs= 3 3 pd3 + tully + co •••
9 nigel limb •••••••••
••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• • • • • •