Human-Scale Detail

At close distances, the incorporation of human-scale detail is obvious: simply create elements that

People need to see their own scale reflected throughout the environment. This is true at close distances and at long distances as well.

Therefore:

Create a generous number of elements that are human-scale, i.e. 1 meter by 2 meters or less. Make sure that many of these elements are structures that people are physically familiar with, e.g. roughly human-proportioned windows, hand-crafted patterns, etc.

When … Within the construction process of Design-Build Adaptation, create elements that will reflect the scale of human beings…

Then Use Ornamental Construction (p. 157) and Complex Materials to enrich the human scale...