Graphical Methodologies to Support Pre- and Post-Occupancy Evaluations in Health Care

Case Study I Bridgepoint Active Health POE Cheryl Atkinson OAA RAIC, Ryerson University (Canada)

Edward Tufte

The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly – to develop strategies of seeing and showing.

Architecturally what distinguishes the building are the:

• Generous extent of window and high quality + variety of views • Generous quantity, variety of amenity spaces for patient use • Generously scaled double and private rooms• Retail facilities and other public spaces to integrate the public• A landscape plan and roof terrace designed to integrate the public• A clear circulation plan ending in windows for orientation and view

Focus of the architectural study across the three facilities:

• Areas and proportional differences

• Organizational patterns of movement and

circulation

• Sectional relationships between spaces inside and

out

• Plan relationships (proximities and adjacencies)

• Travel distances to various activities and functions

• Window locations and orientation in the building

and site

• Window proportion, scale, dimension and

configuration

• Material and spatial character

Report Organization:

Comparative Building Overview: Graphic Summary

Site + Context: Urban, natural, local and larger Building Typology: scale, parti, circulation organization Program + Amenities: quantity, type, and locations Fenestration: Daylighting, view, quantity, configuration Room Data Sheets: Detail visual data summary by space

What is to be sought in designs for the display of information

is the clear portrayal of complexity. Not the complication of

the simple; rather the task of the designer is to give visual

access to the subtle and the difficult – that is, revelation of

the complex.

Edward Tufte

Thank you!

Cheryl Atkinson OAA RAIC, Ryerson University