710
Design Rationale: Choice of Module Scale
711.2.2
Room Module
1. A room is the most commonly used "building block" in the current
planning process.
2. A room must integrate and generalize the needs of all activities
contained within it. In addition it generates needs relating to sound
transmission, perimeter exposure, fire safety, organization, etc.
3. The range of adaptability necessary for hospitals cannot be approached
at a room scale. However, adaptability within rooms is necessary to
permit increase or change in functional capacity.
4. It is difficult to relate structural or mechanical organization to an
individual room in a systematic way. A room is not sufficient to
generate service sub-systems.
711.2.3
Functional Unit Module
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