architectural design

design process
architectural program
site planning
space program
utilities planning

design considerations
building types

design process
identify the problem
inventory of requirements
analysis
synthesis
interpretation

architectural program
site planning

foreground or public area

private area
service area
building area
recreation area
entourage

architectural program
space program

space interrelationship
circulation
function of spaces
engineering systems

architectural program
utilities planning

utility service core

-sanitary, electrical
and mechanical

ingress and egress

-fire exits, parking,
vertical circulation

design considerations

Aesthetics
Natural Environmental
Man-made Environment
Spatial

form and composition

natural site considerations

ingress/ egress, traffic, landscaping
function and zoning, acccessibility, proxemics

Human Determinants

psychology, anthropometrics & ergonomics,

culture, religious beliefs

Building Technology

structural, electrical, sanitary, mechanical

special building systems

Local Regulations

land use, codes, laws, ordinances

building types
residential
commercial
industrial and agricultural
civic and government

Architecture of Space and Structure

experienced through movement in space-time
achieved by means of a technology
accommodating a program
compatible with its context.

Architectural orders

PHYSICAL

PERCEPTUAL

CONCEPTUAL

Architectural Orders
Physical

Space
Structure
Enclosure
Machines

Spatial System

Structural System

Enclosure System

Architectural Orders
Perceptual
Approach and departure
Entry and egress
Movement through
the order of spaces
4. Functioning of activities
within spaces
Qualities of light, color,
Texture, View, Sound

Circulation System

Context

Architectural Orders
Conceptual

Images
Patterns
Signs
Symbols
Context

Villa Savoye, Poissy, France

venustas

utilitas

firmitas