Horizontal+Circulation

Horizontal circulation determinate many factors of a buildings design because it will make spatial relations without the usual "change of level" that we can find in buildings with vertical circulation. That is why it will basically determine the shape and the structure of the design.

The most important requirements for a good horizontal circulation are the good change of level and converging traffic points markings, with also good functionality in both directions it circulates and comfortable sizes -depending of the use the building will have.-

Examples:

Pennsylvania Station (New York), Central Building (Moscow), La Palette (Paris).

The concept of horizontal circulation is of much importance when it comes to urban planning and architecture, because it is one of the to ways to link spaces or areas together without vertical elements.





Up in the images we can see the German Pavilion of Mies Van der Rohe, a building with a clear horizontal circulation with great spatial connections.