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  2. Spatiality (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    space surface (overlapping and gradation of planes), and; materialisation of elements or surfaces. Spatiality can be defined by the user of the space or the designer of the space. In attempts to find a clearance to sleep within, homeless or unhoused individuals seek public spaces as temporary homes.

  3. Crawl space - Wikipedia

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    A crawl space or crawlspace is an unoccupied, unfinished, narrow space within a building, between the ground and the first (or ground) floor. The crawl space is so named because there is typically only enough room to crawl rather than stand; anything larger than about 1 to 1.5 metres (3 ft 3 in to 4 ft 11 in) and beneath the ground floor would ...

  4. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    The subsidiary space alongside the body of a building, separated from it by columns, piers, or posts. Ante-choir The space enclosed in a church between the outer gate or railing of the rood screen and the door of the screen. Apron 1. A raised panel below a window or wall monument or tablet. 2.

  5. Interstitial space (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    An interstitial space is an intermediate space located between regular-use floors, commonly located in hospitals and laboratory-type buildings to allow space for the mechanical systems of the building. By providing this space, laboratory and hospital rooms may be easily rearranged throughout their lifecycles and therefore reduce lifecycle cost.

  6. Organic architecture - Wikipedia

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    Space- Space is the core of structure; it may be seen when walls, floors, and roofs are packed together, but it is invisible when it is free. He states: "The reality of the building does not consist of the roof and the walls but the space within to be lived in" .

  7. Floor area - Wikipedia

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    Hong Kong law Chapter 123F, Building (Planning) Regulations, Regulation 23 sect 3 sub-paragraph (a) defined that: Subject to sub-paragraph (b), for the purposes of regulations 19, 20, 21 and 22, the gross floor area of a building shall be the area contained within the external walls of the building measured at each floor level (including any floor below the level of the ground), together with ...

  8. Room - Wikipedia

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    In a building or a ship, a room is any enclosed space within a number of walls to which entry is possible only via a door or other dividing structure. The entrance connects it to either a passageway, another room, or the outdoors. The space is typically large enough for several people to move about.

  9. Space (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Space is one of the elements of design of architecture, [1] as space is continuously studied for its usage. Architectural designs are created by carving space out of space, creating space out of space, and designing spaces by dividing this space using various tools, such as geometry , colours , and shapes .