HAPHAZARD HOUSES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIX, 1 February 1936, Page 9

HAPHAZARD HOUSES

HIGGLEDY-PIGGLEDY DD,SIGNS Anybody who has Spent some arduous vexatious hours or days in the pursuit known as- “house-hunting” has seep some habitations Which seemed to have been designed delibeffitly for discern-' fort. :,. ‘ • “Ail efficient, building is the result of good-planning,” comments a critic of. jerry-building. “Haphazard and rule-of-thumb methods do not attain that result, .which is secured only by sound application of the principles of planning, one of the most important parts of , an, architect’s training. Good planning . is. not the result of sudden inspiration, hut' is mastered only by close study of the public’s needs in buildings of all types. “The architect- has'to appreciate the purpose of the building,'and study Tils client’s particular needs, fitting both to the limitations of size and cost. His knowledge enables him to apportion space to the several parts, so that they are of adequate size and fitting shape and in proper relation to each other; to give attention to- the importance df each, and provide means for moving from one part to the- other. “Efficient planning is vital “to ecpnomy; every square foot'-shoukl he used to advantage for the provision of the accofimnpdatiQU within, the minimum 'total 'floor,-space..,• Every square foot unnecessarily added . iii planning costs you money for<•.which'- there is no return. Tsi>t a bhilding designed ..with attention- to efficient planning provides greater efficiency, 'comfort, convenience and pleasure in use, is 'more economical, and gives a heller, return for cost • and effort.. A q > “ v ' \

“A building;'planned by one lacking such training 'and.;,, knowledge often shows vital errors- hi • planning—too much or too little space allotted to the parts; sections in wrong relation -to each other; defectiveness in circulation ; or wrong aspect. These faults result in inconvenience, discomfort, inefficiency, and are sometimes unfavourable to good health. They are nearly always costly in the first instance, and still more costly to correct, resulting in lesser revenue. A trained architect knows how to avoid such faults.”