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["Kelly Finigan" <kfinigan@spots.ca>]

Antonio:


On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:14:43 +0100, Antonio Scotti wrote
> Hi,
> I found a reference to a design method named as "bubble diagrams", 
> does anybody know what is stands for? Any examples on how to use it? 
> Cheers

"bubble diagrams" are often used when trying out / laying out different 
possible locations or relationships between design elements. Architects and 
some engineers use these a lot...so do "systems" thinkers. Each "element" (a 
room in a building, a farm compenent, an industrial process) is "placed" in 
a circle or "bubble". The bubbles are then arranged in different 
configurations to let the designer see the overall relationships and flows 
possible. Most often the bubbles are drawn on paper, but one could in theory 
make 3-D bubbles of proportionate volume to get a more complete conceptual 
layout.

Bubble diagrams let you see a bunch of different options quite quickly (and 
cheaply), provided you can imagine the bubbles as the elements they actually 
represent.

This technique is good for house, yard, farm, city, indusrial site layout 
(probably other uses too..).

ciao,
Kelly



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