Design Studio Insights: Anthropometric Considerations for Ergonomic Design of Wet Services

Abstract

Ergonomics is a vital consideration for space design. In architecture education, ergonomics is usually taught in the design studio with various learning methods such as lecture, demonstration, survey, design exercise etc. This article presents an anthropometric study through a design studio exercise dedicated to learning ergonomic considerations. It presents an anthropometric dataset prepared within the studio exercise for designing lavatory and kitchen spaces. In Bangladesh, there is a scarcity of anthropometric data useful for architecture, therefore some reference standards are consulted in the academic and practical field of architecture to integrate ergonomics in design. The presented dataset can serve as a source data for this purpose. Analysis of the derived dataset also raises questions about the suitability of the commonly practiced reference standards.

Keywords

• Ergonomics
• Design studio
• Architecture
• Anthropometry
• Reference standards

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