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| process by which information about a problem is collected, analyzed, adn clearly stated to provide a basis for design. |
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| establishing goals, collecting adn analyzing facts, uncovering adn testing concepts, determining needs, and stating the problem. |
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| indicate what the client want and why |
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| describe the existing conditions and requirements of the problem such as the number of people to be accommodated, space adjacencies, user characteristics, existing building within which teh interiors will be constructed, equipment to be housed, expected growth rate, money available for construction and furnishings, and building code requirements. |
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| develop abstract ideas that are functional solutions to teh client's performance problems without defining the physical means that cold be used to solve them. |
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| performance requirement about how a problem can be solved or a need satisfied. |
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| a specific physical response about how a programmatic concept can be achieved. |
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| balances the desires of teh client against the available budget or establishes a budget based on teh defined goals and needs. during this step, wants are separated from needs. |
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| problem statements are the bridge between the programming and the design process. should be a minimum of four..one for each major considerations of form, function, economy, and time. |
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| relates to the existing conditions, the physical adn psychological environment of the interior, and the quality of construction. |
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| relates to people and activities to be performed in the spaces and their relationship. |
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| concerns money; the initial cost of the interior, operating costs, and life-cycle costs. |
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| ideas of the past, present, and future as they affect the other three considerations. |
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| every program should include the following: |
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statement of goals and objectives
list of client requirements
list of spaces and their square footages. should also include secondary spaces, ie, corridors, closets, other nonlisted spaces necessary to make the space functional. |
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| checklist of required information |
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* goals and objectives
* user requirements
* activity requirements
* furnishings and equipment
* adjacencies
* space requirements listed by area and square footage
* time and money requirements |
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| field survey should determine |
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*size and configuration of building
*existing nonbearing partitions, built-ins
*types and heights of ceilings
*location of electrical
*location of mep
*location and type of existing artificial light
*condition and capacity of electrical plumbing, heating, and otehr mechanical systems.
*general condition of construction elements
*location of true north and notes on the quality and amount of natural light
*views from windows
*potential noise problems
*special architectural features
*potential environmental problems, ie, asbestos, lead paint |
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| space for particular use is determined in one of three ways: |
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1) number of people that must be accommodated
2) by an object or piece of equipment
3) specific activity that has its own clearly specified space needs |
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| do not include general circulation spaces, closets, electrical adn telephone equipment rooms, wall and structural thickness, and similar spaces. sometimes referred to as the net assignable area. |
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| sum of the net area and these ancillary areas. the ratio of the two figures is called the net-to-gross ratio, and is often referred to as the efficiency of the space. |
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| generally range from 60-80 percent |
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| square footage that is used as the basis for leasing office and retail space. total amount of usable space available but also includes structural columns, the thickness of some partitions, and often a portion of the exterior wall of the building. |
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| rentable area space (when office space only occupies a portion of a floor). is calculated by: |
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| measured from the inside glass surface of exerior walls (if the glass is more than 50 percent of the wall area) to the finished surface of the tenant side of the public corridor partition and from the centerlines of partitions separating adjacent tenant spaces. |
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| rentable area space (when an office space occupies an entire floor). |
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| includes all space taken by the public corridors as well as the elevator lobby and the rest rooms on that floor. |
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| partitions separating adjacent tenant spaces adn separating a tenant space from public space. |
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| if your client gave you the rentable area to plan with you would: |
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| subtract the space required for corridors, closets, and the like to arrive at the net square footage for the spaces that are part of the program |
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| if you're developing with a list of spaces for your client you: |
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| add in extra area to account for nonusable space. this total, plus an allowance for columns and demising walls, would then be the amount of rentable square footage your client would have to lease. |
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| three basic types of adjancency needs: |
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| people, products, and information |
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| varying weights of connecting lines or with varying numbers of lines: the more lines, the stronger the connection should be. |
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| drawing that shows the location of major spaces or departments when a project occupies more than one floor of a multistory building. Usually worked out before each floor area is planned in detail. |
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