ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2: Creative Design Fundamentals
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2: ✓ Must any of the spaces have
particular security or privacy?
Creative Design ✓ Is there any hierarchical
requirement of the spaces?
Fundamentals ✓ What relationships must each
space have with one another,
and the external
Basic Space Programming environment?
✓ How should the spaces be
OBJECTIVES: connected?
1. To learn the basics of Space programming ✓ Which rooms need to be
2. To be able to determine the considerations adjacent to one another and
necessary in space planning which rooms need to be
3. To have a deeper understanding in the apart?
principles and applications of space programming ✓
in Architectural design. • Questions for a residential unit:
✓ What is the family size and
SPACE PROGRAMMING structure
• This is the architect’s first and important
✓ Location of site
task.
✓ Number of levels
• The objective of space planning is to
identify the internal spaces required to a
✓ Family or individual interests
specific building in order to make it and activities
functional. Step 2: Interpret the Requirements
PROCESS OF SPACE PROGRAMMING • After collecting all the information, use
Step 1: Collecting Information this information to interpret the
• In designing a building there are different requirements.
requirement that must be considered • Analyze how people using the
depending on the type of building and structure or moving around the
users. structure interact with their in
• Information from the full context of the environments
area will help the architect to determine
✓ Insider VS Outsider
the space requirements for a building
✓ Individual VS Community
• Correct information will lead to success in
making the building functional ✓ Invitation VS Rejection
• The following questions can be ✓ Openness VS Enclosure
considered: ✓ Integration VS Segregation
✓ Do the spaces have specific ✓ Combination VS Dispersion
functions or need to be
particular shapes or forms?
✓ Do the spaces need to be
flexible?
✓ Is it possible to create a
sequence of spaces (offices,
museums for example)?
✓ Do the spaces have different
requirements in terms of light,
ventilation, view, accessibility?
✓ Do the spaces need to have
access to external spaces?
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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2: Creative Design Fundamentals
• Base on the factors mention you can
start to develop plan of requirements
and interpret from the information
you have collected the function of the
spaces.
• It is also suitable to develop a
matrix/table that demonstrates the
requirements of each room, in terms
of privacy, daylight, access, equipment
and so forth, along with writing out
any additional requirements or special
considerations for each room. This
information will be a useful reference
as you work through the spaces of
each room and start to develop some
sketch diagrams.
PREPARED BY: Ar. JOANA MARIE SANTOS – ASURO, UAP
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2: Creative Design Fundamentals
Step 3: Consider Spaces & Spatial
relationships
• Spatial Relationships in Architecture
specifies how a certain space is
positioned in relation to another given
space
• How can spaces be related to one
another?
SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS
Organizing the space
PREPARED BY: Ar. JOANA MARIE SANTOS – ASURO, UAP
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 2: Creative Design Fundamentals
Developing Circulation Step 5: Review & Revise
• After the solutions are sketched it
must be reviewed to look for the areas
that may need improvement.
• Things to consider in a Residential
Scheme:
✓ How will the occupants move
from room to room?
✓ Does the circulation cut up the
space?
✓ Does guest traffic flow
through private areas?
✓ Are the doors and windows in
suitable positions? Do they
interfere or add to the overall
spatial plan?
✓ Does the plan orientate itself
correctly with the site?
✓ Do the rooms work well in
relation to one another?
• Once you have reviewed your initial
Step 4: Create a Solution sketches and ideas the plans can be
• After the spaces and requirements developed further by adding more
have been considered and studied, it is detail and refining your drawing. Also
time to do relationship diagrams or it is advisable to refer to any building
bubble diagrams. regulations, codes and standards that
• This is a rough sketch in which you will have an impact on your space
show the relationship of spaces planning to ensure that your design is
• The relationship diagram takes your compliant from an early stage.
design from data to a more visual look
at physically planning out your space.
It is abstract and rough but enables
you to develop your understanding of
the requirements and visualise how
the spaces will work together and how
the circulation may flow between
them.
• As sketch diagrams develop you can
begin to build a rough sketch plan of
your spaces, this is sometimes known
as bubble diagramming. The bubble
diagram helps you make the
connection between basic spatial
requirements and a fully drafted floor
plan. It is essentially a trial and error
method of exploring the configuration
options.
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