Chp 3_ Buidilding Programming - Programming Concepts Flashcards
states the degree of massing of people derived from their physical, social, and emotional characteristics. For example, the goal of establishing work teams in a factory might suggest a concept of keeping small groups together in the same physical space
PEOPLE GROUPING
is related to the concept of territoriality and is a place where a person can maintain his or her individuality.
HOME BASE
as a concept is a response to the goal of promoting the effective exchange of information or ideas. This concept states who communicates with whom and how they do it.
COMMUNICATIONS
is a concept that refers to how the project will promote or prevent sociality and how it will relate to its neighboring facilities. For example, a building may share a common entry court with another building to foster interaction and community with users of other buildings.
NEIGHBORS
relates to the idea of entry to a building and to making the facility accessible to the disabled. It answers the question of how people can find the entrance and whether or not there should be multiple entrances.
ACCESSIBILITY
relates to segregating the flow of people, automobiles, services access, and other activities of a building. For example, people may need to be separated from automobile traffic, or public visitors to a courthouse may need to be separated from prisoners.
SEPARATED FLOW
is a concept that responds to the goal of promoting interaction among people. Mixed flow may not be a desired programmatic concept in controlled facilities.
MIXED FLOW
is often needed for both people and objects where a specific series of events or processes is required. For example, a show at an art museum may need to direct people from a starting point to an ending point. In a factory, material must progress from one station to another in a definite sequence.
SEQUENTIAL FLOW
establishes the order of importance of things such as size, position, and social values. For example, an entrance and reception area may have higher priority than individual offices, to reflect the goal of enhancing a company’s image
PRIORITY
Include the affinities of people and activities. This is one of the most common programming concepts established in any design problem because it most directly affect the organization of spaces and rooms.
RELATIONSHIPS
Relates to the idea of the exercise of authority and is expressed in physical symbols of authority. For example, to reflect the hierarchy of a traditional law firm, senior members may be given larger offices than junior members.
HIERARCHY
is a response to the desired image the client wants to project. This may later be expressed in design concepts using building size, shape, materials, organization, and other physical responses to project character.
CHARACTER
Low, medium, or high - may relate to how a parcel of land or an individual building or space is used to respond to goals such as efficient use of land, compact use of office space, or the desired amount of interaction in a school.
DENSITY
Include mechanical services, such as mechanical systems, as well as other functions that support the use of the building. Storage, information, vending areas, and distribution of supplies, are examples of these types of services. For example, a goal of decentralizing access to information could be accomplished by the physical design concept of using satellite libraries through a facility, or by developing and electronic database accessible to all workers through computer terminals.
SERVICE GROUPINGS
refers to providing a point of reference within a building, campus, or other group of buildings to help keep people from feeling lost within a larger context. Common examples of physical design concepts used to provide orientation include a tower among a group of lower buildings, or a central atrium or lobby within a large building.
ORIENTATION
