Course Description
Office design with emphasis on defining the needs and values of the user, the client, and society, and their interrelationships. Initiation of project goals and viable design concepts.
Athena Title
STUDIO III
Prerequisite
ARID 3110 and ARID 3410
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
To gain experience in the programming process of seeking out and defining the values of the user, the client, and society and their interrelationships through the design of one or more office design projects. To understand space planning for multi-space design programs. To build skills in preliminary design methodologies by initiating project goals and design concepts and producing design schematics. To produce design documents. To produce construction documentation. To build skills in visual and verbal presentation of proposed design solutions. To demonstrate skills in space programming and office design by the successful completion of an appropriate office design project.
Topical Outline
Introduction to facility programming techniques. a. Direct observation and behavioral mapping. b. Client surveys and interviewing techniques. c. Research of appropriate literature. d. Information analysis. e. Report preparation. Preliminary research and design methodology related to office design project. Design concepts and design schematics. Design document production. a. Plans b. Elevations c. Perspectives d. Appropriate construction documents Generation of presentation drawings. Oral and graphic presentation of design solution.
Syllabus