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TANGIBLE elements
CAPTURE THE TANGIBLE ELEMENTS
CREATING THE QUESTIONS
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- - Stuff of Life Questions - - Insights
Will Will Will I I be be able able to to read the the street names at at night? Will Will Will I I be be able able to to see my keys? Will Will Will the the noise created from the commercial spaces be controlled? Loose paving slabs cause water to splash up on on my shoes Will I get wet when I am looking for keys at my front door? Sometimes its hard to to see into a a a a a a shop because of the glare on the the the window If guests are visiting will they be able to find the the the residential entrance easily? Is allocated parking provided for for guests? Can I wash my car car in in in the the carpark and is there a a a a a a a a power socket for for connecting a a a a a a a a a a vacuum cleaner and water supply for the power washer? What facilities are provided? Where do I scrape my boots? Where are the the the intercoms for getting into the the the building? How secure will I feel standing at the the the door? How How can the shared spaces be made more pleasant? Fresh smelling? How How would my neighbours know I’m home if they want to to call by? Is the the the the building entrance easy to to get out of? Will there be a a a a a a a door mat at at the the the the door? Will I I be proud of my entrance lobby? How quick is is the the lift? And how accommodating is is it? Is there a a a a mirror inside the the the lift? Will the the the lighting just be be functional or or or or will it be be atmospheric? Are the the the shared space corridor lights on a a a a sensor? How is is the post delivered? And stored? What about large items? When food shopping is is delivered will will there be a a a cool space to to to store it? Do I I need to to to check my post-box every day or or will will I I know by glancing that I I have have mail? How do we we receive online deliveries? Do we we have have a a a a a a a a a a security management system system that that is thought through? What happens if I I loose my keys? Fob system system controlling lift? What does this look like? Is there a a a a a secure secure bike store? And a a a a a secure secure external locker for tools or or or other large items e e e e e e g g golf clubs? Would you you store store your bike bike in in a a a communal bike bike store? What do do I do do with my bins? Will there there be be any natural light? If there there are communal social space then how can they be be activated? Does the the the the the alarm have have to to to to be visible? Do I I have have to to to to walk all the the the the way to to to to the the the the front door to to to to use the the the the intercom? If there is is a a a a a a a a house phone where will it be? Is my door door door mat internal or or or or external to the front door? Will I I have a a a a a a doorbell at at my my my front door? How How would my my my neighbours know I’m home if they want to call by? How How do do I I hang my my my Christmas wreath on on on on the door? Or balloons? Will my my front front door door door look welcoming? I would like my my front front door door door to make me me proud? Can apartment front doors be be personalised? Will there be be a a a a a a a a window around or or above the the door? door? Will Will there there be be be a a letter box on on the the the front door? door? Door number? Will Will there there be be be lighting to illuminate specific elements
like pictures? How do do I I turn all my lights on at night - do do I I need to or will the apartment know it is me Is there a a a a a a a a vanity mirror in the the the entrance hallway? Do I I I take my shoes off at the the the front door? Where can I I I sit to put put them on/off? Where do I I put put my my keys? Hang my my jacket in in in the the hallway that I I will need again in in in a a a a a a a a couple of of minutes? Where do I put a a a a a a a wet umbrella? How many pairs of of shoes to be accommodated in in the cloak storage? Where do I I put my wet coat? Will Will I I be be able to to to see into the the cloak cupboard? Will Will there be be enough space in the the the hallway cloak for guests stuff? How do I hang pictures on the the the wall? Will there be room enough for for chairs as as as well as as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a settee Is it it easy to clean around the the the sofa?Space for for cups TV TV diner dining mags etc Can I I watch the the the the TV TV without shutting the the the the curtains? Where there be floor space and ceiling height to practice yoga? Can the heating in in in in this room be individually controlled? How easy is is it to turn the the the lights on? Can I hang a a a a chandelier? Will Will the the the ceiling be strong enough? Will Will the the the lighting reflect on on on the the the TV TV screen? Will the the the lights be shining in in in in in my eyes when I’m lying down watching TV? Is there area specific APPLYING THE ANSWERS
BRAND CRITICAL ELEMENTS
- external and and party walls and and internal partitions
External and partywall diagram of typical layout
External and party walls & internal partitions
treatment options Natural brick brick finish walls walls Painted brick brick walls walls Painted walls walls Glazed brick slip walls walls