Circulation Analysis for Buildings

Architectural circulation, User movement, and Organization of spaces

AxU Platform
2 min readAug 9, 2020

Horizontal circulation is changed by the layouts of hallways, entries, exits, furniture, columns in space, or a number of floors. These are all as part of flow changes in buildings.

Vertical circulation is how people move up and down within the building, so includes things like stairs, lifts, ramps, ladders, and escalators which allow us to move from one level to another.

Frequency of use: common or emergency

Ground Floor Circulation
Network Score (Office Building, 5th Floor)
Network Distance (Office Building, 5th Floor)
Number of Visit, Betweenness (Office Building, 5th Floor)

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