ARCH 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Keller Fountain Park, Thorncrown Chapel
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Fro(cid:373) the fra(cid:373)e of refere(cid:374)ce (cid:862)supporting activities and purposes(cid:863) 5 primary sources for knowledge about activity support: personal experience, knowledge provided by users seldom available in full, a well-developed building program/ brief, historical lesson/ principles, depends upon experiences, understanding, and good judgement mandatory supplements, activity studies. State activities to be accommodated and identify the controlling ones. Those that most strongly affect building organization. Describe the spatial requirements of the controlling activities. Area/ shape/ height/ relationships/ sub-divisions/ flexibility/ explicitness of definition/ contextual connections/ conditions of sunlight/ services/ equipment/ storage space/ acoustical properties/ ventilation/ surface materials/ colors/ texture. Determine the rooms suggested by the spatial requirements implicit & explicit; outside & inside. Make representations of the rooms (2d & 3d) and study alternative organizational possibilities. Determine room groups and the extent of separation or connection that should exist between them. How many are needed/ how often/ to what/ to what degree. Determine and describe desirable conditions of sunlight.
