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4 programming considerations - ✔✔Form, Function, Economy, Time
5 step programming process - ✔✔1. Goals (what does the client want to achieve and why?)
2. Collect/analyze facts (what do we know? what is a given?)
3. Uncover and test concepts (how does client want to achieve goals?)
4. Determine needs (money? space? quality level? + feasibility test)
5. State problem (significant conditions affecting the design of the building? general directions the
design should take?)
Programmatic Concepts - ✔✔a designer's abstract ideas about how to solve a performance problem
(also can be thought of as the client wishlist boiled down to simple abstract ideas)
e.g.:
expandability
hierarchy
density
grouping
flow
phasing
Assembly Occupancy - ✔✔A-1 through A-5
> 50 occupants
occupants unfamiliar with space
potential for panic
Business Occupancy - ✔✔B
low-risk
,low occupant concentration
alert occupants, familiar with space
colleges and universities fall here
Educational Occupancy - ✔✔E
up through 12th grade
includes caf, aud, gym
Factory (Industrial) Occupancy - ✔✔F-1 (moderate hazard)
F-2 (low hazard)
Hazardous Occupancy - ✔✔H-1 through H-5
hazardous materials or products
Institutional Occupancy - ✔✔I-1 through I-4
cared for/supervised occupants
occupants have limited mobility
Mercantile Occupancy - ✔✔M
open to public and selling or displaying merchandise
Residential Occupancy - ✔✔R-1 to R-4
has sleeping accommodations and is used for dwelling
Storage Occupancy - ✔✔S-1 (medium hazard)
S-2 (low hazard)
few occupants
,Utility (Special/Misc.) Occupancy - ✔✔U
sheds, carports, walkways, tunnels, retaining walls, agricultural buildings
Incidental Accessory Occupancy (i.e., Incidental Use) - ✔✔small "Hazardous" area within a larger space
of non-hazardous classification
10% or less of space (IBC)
additional protection required (e.g., furnace room)
Accessory Occupancy - ✔✔occupancy different from primary occupancy of building
10% or less of space
can follow requirements of primary occupancy
Mixed Occupancy - ✔✔multiple occupancy classifications take up approx. equal amounts of space
can be separated or non-separated
proxemics - ✔✔study of personal space
intimate 0-18"
personal 18-48"
social 48-120"
public 120"+
Elements of Design (6) - ✔✔form
scale
color
texture
pattern
light
, Principles of Design (6) - ✔✔rhythm
balance
harmony & unity
emphasis/focus
variety & contrast
proportion
ergonomics - ✔✔study of the interaction of the human body with the physical environment
anthropometrics - ✔✔sty of the size, proportion, and range of motion of the body
sociopetal - ✔✔encouraging social interaction
sociofugal - ✔✔discouraging social interaction
ANSI - ✔✔American National Standards Institute
Universal Design qualities (7) - ✔✔equitable use
flexibility in use
simple & intuitive use
perceptible information
tolerance for error
low physical effort
appropriate size & space
Who must comply with ADA? - ✔✔All new buildings w/ public accomodations and/or commercial
facilities.
Federal government, one- to two-family dwellings, private clubs are exempt
2024-2025 | 100% Score
4 programming considerations - ✔✔Form, Function, Economy, Time
5 step programming process - ✔✔1. Goals (what does the client want to achieve and why?)
2. Collect/analyze facts (what do we know? what is a given?)
3. Uncover and test concepts (how does client want to achieve goals?)
4. Determine needs (money? space? quality level? + feasibility test)
5. State problem (significant conditions affecting the design of the building? general directions the
design should take?)
Programmatic Concepts - ✔✔a designer's abstract ideas about how to solve a performance problem
(also can be thought of as the client wishlist boiled down to simple abstract ideas)
e.g.:
expandability
hierarchy
density
grouping
flow
phasing
Assembly Occupancy - ✔✔A-1 through A-5
> 50 occupants
occupants unfamiliar with space
potential for panic
Business Occupancy - ✔✔B
low-risk
,low occupant concentration
alert occupants, familiar with space
colleges and universities fall here
Educational Occupancy - ✔✔E
up through 12th grade
includes caf, aud, gym
Factory (Industrial) Occupancy - ✔✔F-1 (moderate hazard)
F-2 (low hazard)
Hazardous Occupancy - ✔✔H-1 through H-5
hazardous materials or products
Institutional Occupancy - ✔✔I-1 through I-4
cared for/supervised occupants
occupants have limited mobility
Mercantile Occupancy - ✔✔M
open to public and selling or displaying merchandise
Residential Occupancy - ✔✔R-1 to R-4
has sleeping accommodations and is used for dwelling
Storage Occupancy - ✔✔S-1 (medium hazard)
S-2 (low hazard)
few occupants
,Utility (Special/Misc.) Occupancy - ✔✔U
sheds, carports, walkways, tunnels, retaining walls, agricultural buildings
Incidental Accessory Occupancy (i.e., Incidental Use) - ✔✔small "Hazardous" area within a larger space
of non-hazardous classification
10% or less of space (IBC)
additional protection required (e.g., furnace room)
Accessory Occupancy - ✔✔occupancy different from primary occupancy of building
10% or less of space
can follow requirements of primary occupancy
Mixed Occupancy - ✔✔multiple occupancy classifications take up approx. equal amounts of space
can be separated or non-separated
proxemics - ✔✔study of personal space
intimate 0-18"
personal 18-48"
social 48-120"
public 120"+
Elements of Design (6) - ✔✔form
scale
color
texture
pattern
light
, Principles of Design (6) - ✔✔rhythm
balance
harmony & unity
emphasis/focus
variety & contrast
proportion
ergonomics - ✔✔study of the interaction of the human body with the physical environment
anthropometrics - ✔✔sty of the size, proportion, and range of motion of the body
sociopetal - ✔✔encouraging social interaction
sociofugal - ✔✔discouraging social interaction
ANSI - ✔✔American National Standards Institute
Universal Design qualities (7) - ✔✔equitable use
flexibility in use
simple & intuitive use
perceptible information
tolerance for error
low physical effort
appropriate size & space
Who must comply with ADA? - ✔✔All new buildings w/ public accomodations and/or commercial
facilities.
Federal government, one- to two-family dwellings, private clubs are exempt
