PPP

Question 1

What is the Programming Process?

Answer 1

1. Establish goals
2. Collect facts
3. Uncover concepts
4. Determine needs
5. State problem

Question 2

What are Programming Goals?

Answer 2

Indicate what the client wants to achieve and why.

Question 3

What are Programming Facts?

Answer 3

Describe the existing conditions and requirements of the problem.

Question 4

What is Programming?

Answer 4

An attempt to define the problem and establish all the guidelines and needs on which the design process can be based.

Question 5

What are Programmatic Concepts?

Answer 5

Abstract ideas that are functional solutions to the client’s problems without defining the physical means that should be used to achieve them.

Question 6

How are Programming Needs determined?

Answer 6

Balancing the desires of the client against the available budget or establishing a budget based on the defined goals and needs.

Question 7

What are the four elements of cost?

Answer 7

quantity, quality, budget, and time

Question 8

What are problem statements?

Answer 8

Statements the client and programmer agree describe the most important aspects of the problem and serve as the basis for design and design criteria by which a solution can be evaluated.

Question 9

What are the four major considerations of any design problem?

Answer 9

form, function, economy, and time

Question 10

What are Design Concepts?

Answer 10

Physical solutions to the client’s problems that reflect approaches to satisfying programmatic concepts.

Question 11

Priority

Answer 11

The order of importance of things such as size, position, and social values.

Question 12

Relationships

Answer 12

The affinities of people and activities affecting the organization of spaces and rooms.

Question 13

Hierarchy

Answer 13

The idea of the exercise of authority and expressed through physical symbols.

Question 14

Character

Answer 14

Response to the desired image the client wants to project.

Question 15

Density

Answer 15

How a parcel of land or an individual building space is used to respond to goals such as efficiency, compactness, or interaction.

Question 16

Service Groupings

Answer 16

Mechanical services or other functions that support the use of the building.

Question 17

Activity Groupings

Answer 17

Concept that states whether activities should be integrated or separated.

Question 18

People Grouping

Answer 18

The degree of massing of people derived from their physical, social, and emotional characteristics.

Question 19

Home Base

Answer 19

A place where a person can maintain their individuality; territoriality.

Question 20

Communications

Answer 20

Response to the goal of promoting the effective exchange of information or ideas.

Question 21

Neighbors

Answer 21

Concept that refers to how the project will promote or prevent sociality.

Question 22

Accessibility

Answer 22

Entry into a building and macing the facility usable by the disabled.

Question 23

Separated Flow

Answer 23

Segregating the movement of people, automobiles, service access, and other activities of a building.

Question 24

Mixed Flow

Answer 24

Promoting interaction among people.

Question 25

Sequential Flow

Answer 25

Concept that a specific series of events or processes is required.

Question 26

Orientation

Answer 26

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.

Question 27

Flexibility

Answer 27

expansibility, convertibility, and versatility

Question 28

Tolerance

Answer 28

Allowing for extra space for a dynamic activity instead of fitting the space precisely for a static activity.

Question 29

Security Controls

Answer 29

Ways that both people and property can be protected based on the value of the potential loss: minimum, medium, or maximum.

Question 30

Energy Conservation

Answer 30

Minimizing the the amount of energy used to build and operate a building.

Question 31

Environmental Controls

Answer 31

The controls necessary to meet human comfort needs.

Question 32

Phasing

Answer 32

Concept of completing a project in stages to meet time and cost schedules.

Question 33

Cost Control

Answer 33

Ways to establish a realistic preview of costs and a balanced budget.