EXAC (SECTION 1) ALL THEMES STUDY GUIDE
Components of an Architecture Program - Answer -The USERS of the proposed
building and their work activities, including:
-Function by function, room by room, or department by
department activity plans;
-Staffing plans;
-Equipment and storage requirements;
The VOLUME of activity planned for specific facility components, such as:
-flow patterns.
Factors influencing cost - Answer -• Economical and Political
• Functional Programming
• Economical and Political
• Type of Construction Project Delivery
• Building Type/Design
• Characteristics of Owner/Client
• Owners Responsibilities and Timetable
• Other factors:
-Planning regulations, Site development agreement conditions, Onerous bureaucratic
requirements, Hazardous demolition
Describe the physical, cultural and
regulatory factors related to site planning - Answer -- buildings respond to socio-
cultural, economic and political needs
- natural and built environment constraints/offer opportunities for a development
- responsive design respects the indigenous qualities of a place (form/layout of a
building adapts to landscape/sun path/climate)
Main Properties of Structural System - Answer --exterior envelope
-substructure
-interior subdivisions
Describe the Process in DEVELOPING an Architecture Program - Answer -• Describe
clients philosophy, vision and goals
• Describe the services
• Identify how the services will be delivered and/or operational
characteristics
• Identify activities, workload
• Identify the number of people and/or staff required to provide
the services and all other occupants
• Identify major equipment
• Identify relationships between spaces or groups of spaces
• Prepare detailed space requirements
, - a grossing factor multiplier as per the type of user.
Additionally a functional program may include:
• Overall project implementation schedule
• Preliminary financial information and budgets
• Project delivery method
• Site evaluation
Strategies to review/evaluate/implement a client's budget - Answer --prepare a
construction cost estimate
(never guarantee or warranty or it will void liability insurance-)
-establish a cost limit (budget limit)
-develop a cost plan
first one during SD phase, and them multiple checks throughout DD & CD phases until
Bid/Contract is awarded
Site Analysis Items to Consider - Answer -- GROUND SLOPES and subsoil conditions
of a site are required in order to locate areas suitable for construction/outdoor
activities/drainage fields
- Map out existing trees, native plants. Wetlands, streams, watersheds, floodplains etc.
to see which of these can be preserved
- Possible CIRCULATION PATHS for pedestrians and vehicles (and possible
entrances) should be studied through site analysis of flows throughout and around the
site
o IDENTIFY desirable VIEWS/objectionable views
o IDENTIFY potential sources of CONGESTION/NOISE
o Consider existing SCALE/character of neighborhood in relation to the proposed
development
o PROXIMITY to public/commercial/medical/recreational facilities
Substructure - Answer -foundation-provides support and anchor to the superstructure
and transmit the loads safely to the earth.
Analyze the program regarding the site components. - Answer -Site dependent. The
site characteristics can affect the building type (topography, soil conditions, bylaw
restraints etc.)
6 Methods of Cost Estimating - Answer --forecasting based on historical data
-classes of Cost Estimates
Class A,B,C,D
-Elemental Cost
-Area Method
-Volume Method
-Unit Method
Urban design issues and planning processes that
Components of an Architecture Program - Answer -The USERS of the proposed
building and their work activities, including:
-Function by function, room by room, or department by
department activity plans;
-Staffing plans;
-Equipment and storage requirements;
The VOLUME of activity planned for specific facility components, such as:
-flow patterns.
Factors influencing cost - Answer -• Economical and Political
• Functional Programming
• Economical and Political
• Type of Construction Project Delivery
• Building Type/Design
• Characteristics of Owner/Client
• Owners Responsibilities and Timetable
• Other factors:
-Planning regulations, Site development agreement conditions, Onerous bureaucratic
requirements, Hazardous demolition
Describe the physical, cultural and
regulatory factors related to site planning - Answer -- buildings respond to socio-
cultural, economic and political needs
- natural and built environment constraints/offer opportunities for a development
- responsive design respects the indigenous qualities of a place (form/layout of a
building adapts to landscape/sun path/climate)
Main Properties of Structural System - Answer --exterior envelope
-substructure
-interior subdivisions
Describe the Process in DEVELOPING an Architecture Program - Answer -• Describe
clients philosophy, vision and goals
• Describe the services
• Identify how the services will be delivered and/or operational
characteristics
• Identify activities, workload
• Identify the number of people and/or staff required to provide
the services and all other occupants
• Identify major equipment
• Identify relationships between spaces or groups of spaces
• Prepare detailed space requirements
, - a grossing factor multiplier as per the type of user.
Additionally a functional program may include:
• Overall project implementation schedule
• Preliminary financial information and budgets
• Project delivery method
• Site evaluation
Strategies to review/evaluate/implement a client's budget - Answer --prepare a
construction cost estimate
(never guarantee or warranty or it will void liability insurance-)
-establish a cost limit (budget limit)
-develop a cost plan
first one during SD phase, and them multiple checks throughout DD & CD phases until
Bid/Contract is awarded
Site Analysis Items to Consider - Answer -- GROUND SLOPES and subsoil conditions
of a site are required in order to locate areas suitable for construction/outdoor
activities/drainage fields
- Map out existing trees, native plants. Wetlands, streams, watersheds, floodplains etc.
to see which of these can be preserved
- Possible CIRCULATION PATHS for pedestrians and vehicles (and possible
entrances) should be studied through site analysis of flows throughout and around the
site
o IDENTIFY desirable VIEWS/objectionable views
o IDENTIFY potential sources of CONGESTION/NOISE
o Consider existing SCALE/character of neighborhood in relation to the proposed
development
o PROXIMITY to public/commercial/medical/recreational facilities
Substructure - Answer -foundation-provides support and anchor to the superstructure
and transmit the loads safely to the earth.
Analyze the program regarding the site components. - Answer -Site dependent. The
site characteristics can affect the building type (topography, soil conditions, bylaw
restraints etc.)
6 Methods of Cost Estimating - Answer --forecasting based on historical data
-classes of Cost Estimates
Class A,B,C,D
-Elemental Cost
-Area Method
-Volume Method
-Unit Method
Urban design issues and planning processes that
