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Sunday, November 30, 2025

WHAT IS TEGIMENICS?

I was asked to explain the word “tegimenics” in a post but was restricted by its character limit. I’m adding a few words to provide a short, and hopefully better, explanation.

Tegimenics is a new term encompassing the building design categories, forecast models, design specifications, algorithms, and master equations of shelter capacity calculation and evaluation. Shelter capacity is equal to gross building area in square feet divided by the buildable land area occupied. Results have measurable shelter intensity, intrusion, and context implications. The term is borrowed from the Latin word for shelter: tegimen. I've called the urban design knowledge and leadership language that can be assembled from this specification and measurement, evaluation, and prediction: Tegimenology. If interested, please see my book, "The Equations of Urban Design" available on Amazon.com and 270+ essays on my blog at www.wmhosack.blogspot.com. The more recent are also located on LinkedIn. A list of these essays is a recent submission to my blog and to LinkedIn.

I should begin by explaining that everything flows from the building design categories, forecast models, and design specification values entered in consistent forecast model formats. The results are predictions, or measurements, of the gross building area options related to floor quantity choices and a given buildable land area. The implications of these predictions are calculated in each forecast model. I've compared these implications to our first blood pressure readings. Research can identify those that are healthy to improve our ability to provide shelter for the activities of growing populations in limited geographic areas defined to protect both their quality and source of life.

SUMMARY

Tegimenics is an umbrella term for shelter capacity measurement, prediction, comparison, and evaluation in city planning, urban design, landscape architecture, architecture, engineering, government, real estate investment, real estate law, urban geography, and other affiliated professions.


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