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  2. ISO/IEC 5218 - Wikipedia

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    1 = Male; 2 = Female; 9 = Not applicable. The standard specifies that its use may be referred to by the designator "SEX". The standard explicitly states that no significance is to be placed on the encoding of male as 1 and female as 2; the encoding merely reflects existing practice in the countries that initiated this standard. The standard ...

  3. Office space planning - Wikipedia

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    Rondeau et al (1995) [12] as a design to specifically fit human dimensions and respond to functional requirements. Solutions include adjustable equipment, furniture, and accessories. Developing and implementing space standards is one of the key responsibilities of any space management department in any organization.

  4. Gender of connectors and fasteners - Wikipedia

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    Schematic symbols for male and female connector pins. In electrical and mechanical trades and manufacturing, each half of a pair of mating connectors or fasteners is conventionally designated as male or female, [1] a distinction referred to as its gender. [2] The female connector is generally a receptacle that receives and holds the male connector.

  5. Parker Morris Committee - Wikipedia

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    However, it is widely felt that most public and private sector housing being built in the 21st Century fails to meet the Parker Morris standards for floor and storage space, and this led to a decision in 2008 by the former government agency English Partnerships to re-introduce minimum standards that are 10% more generous than those of Parker ...

  6. Study (room) - Wikipedia

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    A modern home office. A study, also known as a home office, is a room in a house that is used for paperwork, computer work, or reading.Historically, the study of a house was reserved for use as the private office and reading room of a parent/guardian as the formal head of a household, but studies are today generally used to operate a home business or open to the whole family.

  7. Mechanical room - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical room in a large office building. Mechanical room in federal building, Los Angeles, California. A mechanical room, [1] boiler room or plant room is a technical room or space in a building dedicated to the mechanical equipment and its associated electrical equipment, as opposed to rooms intended for human occupancy or storage.

  8. Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative - Wikipedia

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    Matrix has had ongoing impact on feminist approaches to design and participatory design methodologies, and is an important precursor to later feminist groups and organisations. [ 5 ] [ 40 ] [ 6 ] [ 41 ] Recognition is increasing, the editors of Women and the Making of Built Space in England, 1870-1950 describe Making Space as “highly ...

  9. Potty parity - Wikipedia

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    Current laws in the United Kingdom require a 1:1 femalemale ratio of restroom space in public buildings. [13] The International Building Code requires range of female to male ratio of toilets depending on the building occupancy. Most occupancies require 1:1 ratio, but Assembly uses can require up to 2:1 ratio of female to male toilets. [14]