INFLUENCES ON

ARCHITECTURAL
DESIGN
 1. GENERAL INFLUENCES: NEEDS OF MAN

• A. PHYSICAL NEEDS
• SELF PRESERVATION = food, clothing, basic needs
• REPRODUCTION = population increase and continue in existence
 1. GENERAL INFLUENCES: NEEDS OF MAN

• A. PHYSICAL NEEDS
• SHELTER = is something that covers, protects or defends as
a root that shields one from the elements of changes.
 1. GENERAL INFLUENCES: NEEDS OF MAN

• A. PHYSICAL NEEDS
• A MODERN MAN’S SHELTER SHALL HAVE:
• NECESSITIES
• CONVENIENCES
• COMFORT
 1. GENERAL INFLUENCES: NEEDS OF MAN

• A. PHYSICAL NEEDS
• A MODERN MAN’S SHELTER SHALL HAVE:
• NECESSITIES – warm, dry house with doors,
windows, sanitation and permanency.
 1. GENERAL INFLUENCES: NEEDS OF MAN

• A. PHYSICAL NEEDS
• A MODERN MAN’S SHELTER SHALL HAVE:
• CONVENIENCES – rooms, shall be arranged economically.
Circulation according to function.
 1. GENERAL INFLUENCES: NEEDS OF MAN

• A. PHYSICAL NEEDS
• A MODERN MAN’S SHELTER SHALL HAVE:
• COMFORT – labor-saving devices which provide heat,
ventilation & instant communication
 1. GENERAL INFLUENCES: NEEDS OF MAN

• B. EMOTIONAL NEEDS
• RELIGION AND ART AND RECREATION
• Stir up the emotional recreations of man
 1. GENERAL INFLUENCES: NEEDS OF MAN

• B. INTELLECTUAL NEEDS
• EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT
• Demands a proper architectural setting
 1. GENERAL INFLUENCES:
ACTIVITIES OF MAN

• DESIRE FOR PRESERVATION

• DESIRE FOR RECOGNITION
• DESIRE FOR RESPONSE
• DESIRE FOR SELF EXPRESSION
 1. GENERAL INFLUENCES:
ACTIVITIES OF MAN

• DESIRE FOR PRESERVATION

obtaining food, shelter, = commerce,
clothing, security gov’t, religion
 1. GENERAL INFLUENCES:
ACTIVITIES OF MAN

• DESIRE FOR RECOGNITION

prestige, pride, ambition = man build
social status, palaces,
physical supremacy, skyscrapers,
intellectual attainment cathedrals,
monuments
 1. GENERAL INFLUENCES:
ACTIVITIES OF MAN

• DESIRE FOR RESPONSE

man’s wish for sociability = results to
seeking companionship banquet halls,
ball rooms,
living rooms
 1. GENERAL INFLUENCES:
ACTIVITIES OF MAN

• DESIRE FOR SELF EXPRESSION

individuality to do things = results to
on his own aesthetic
expression
museums,
stadia, concert
halls
 2. INFLUENCES OF NATURE

• CLIMATE
different climates, produce different architecture
 2. INFLUENCES OF NATURE

• CLIMATE: WARMER CLIMATES

PLANS: more open and often include courts or patios

PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS: flat roof & colourful

CIRCULATORY ELEMENTS: small windows

DECORATIVE ELEMENTS: less mouldings, curves should be more flatter

 2. INFLUENCES OF NATURE

• CLIMATE: COLDER CLIMATES

PLANS: more compact in arrangement
PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS: steeper roots & less colourful
CICULATORY ELEMENTS: large windows
DECORATIVE ELEMENTS: mouldings and sculpture are deeply curve
 2. INFLUENCES OF NATURE

• TOPOGRAPHY
Design follows the contour

• MATERIALS
Depends on the availability within the area
 2. INFLUENCES OF MAN

• SOCIAL CONDITIONS
• Stability at a nation dictates architecture
• Grows within different periods
 2. INFLUENCES OF MAN

• MAN’S PERSONALITY
• Architecture is also dictated by a nation’s personality as reflected by its
clothing and attitude
 2. INFLUENCES OF MAN

• MAN’S INTEREST
• House = provides shelter for man during his hours of rest
• Factory = offers place of work
• Church = affords spiritual relaxation, and opportunity for worship