Problem Seeking: An Architectural Programming PrimerThe classic programming guide for architects and clients-fully updated and revised Architectural programming is a team effort that requires close cooperation between architects and their clients. Problem Seeking, Fourth Edition lays out a five-step procedure that teams can follow when programming any building or series of buildings, from a small house to a hospital complex. This simple yet comprehensive process encompasses the entire range of factors that influence the design of buildings. This new edition of the only programming guide appropriate for both architect and client features new ways of thinking about programming, new strategies for effective group action, and new settings in which to explore programming concepts. Supplemented with more than 120 helpful illustrations and diagrams, this indispensable resource provides updated technical information and faster, easier access to explanations, examples, and tools, including: * Updated building costs and their relationship to interior fit-up costs * A primer on discounted cash flow analysis and net present value analysis * Project statement examples organized by project phase and building type * Useful techniques for data management, functional relationship analysis, and more |
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Problem Seeking: An Architectural Programming Primer William M. Peña,Steven A. Parshall Limited preview - 2001 |
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activities alternatives analysis cards Analyze architect Architectural Programming area requirements assignable areas Base Building Bill Caudill brown sheets building cost building efficiency building gross area building type Caudill Rowlett Scott Center circulation client/user communication complex construction Cost Estimate Analysis Cost of Debt design concepts design development design problem design process design solution determine discounted cash flow document Economy electronic Establish evaluation example facilities feedforward Form goals and concepts graphic group action HVAC Identify implications Information Index interac interaction Interior Fit-Up interviews layout efficiency levels of quality major master plan MEDIUM MEETING Net Present Value organization organizational Peña percent phase physical Problem Seeking Problem Statements programmatic concepts quality level questionnaire rentable area responses schedule schematic design secondary circulation space requirements specific spreadsheets squatters steps structure techniques tion total budget unit cost useable area wall display worksessions