Fundamental design lecture

1. INTRODUCTION TO
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 1
MODULE 1B

2. INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
FROM THE MOST RUDIMENTARY SHELTER,
THE LEAN-TO, TO THE MOST COMPLEX EDIFICES.
THE HUMAN CIVILIZATION WITNESSED THE
EXPONENTIAL EVOLUTION OF ITS BUILT HABITATION
WITHIN THE SMALL EPOCH OF THE EARTH’S
EXISTENCE.
ARCHITECTURE BECAME THE MEANS OF
ADAPTING TO THE DIVERSITY AND COMPLEXITY OF
HUMANITY’S BEHAVIOUR AND ENVIRONMENT. IN A
WAY, A TOOL FOR SURVIVAL AND A PROJECTION
OF STATUS & MENTAL STATE.
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3. INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
AS HUMAN SOCIETY VENTURES FURTHER TO
GREATER HEIGHTS, THERE IS A GREAT CALL TO
ESTABLISH ORDER, EFFICIENCY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
DURING THE ONSET OF THE 20TH CENTURY,
MULTIPLE FIELDS OF PROFESSION INCREASINGLY
ADOPTED THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AS THE
FRAMEWORK OF INNOVATION AND INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION.
LIKEWISE, THE ARCHITECTURAL FIELD
ADOPTED THIS ZEITGEIST TO FURTHER ITS
CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY.
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4. INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
ARCHITECTS DEVELOPED THE ARCHITECTURAL
DESIGN PROCESS FOR THEM TO DESIGN BUILDINGS THAT
MEET THE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF THE INHABITANTS, TO
DESIGN EDIFICES THAT FIT THE SURROUNDING CONTEXT,
AND TO DESIGN STRUCTURES THAT COMPLY WITH
EXISTING LAWS & REGULATIONS.
THE DESIGN PROCESS IS A TOOL UTILIZED TO
FORMULATE DESIGN SOLUTIONS THAT ACHIEVE THE
DESIRED STATE BASED FROM A GIVEN SET OF
PARAMETERS.
HOWEVER THE PROCESS ITSELF IS ITERATIVE TO
ACCOMMODATE REEVALUATION AND EXPLORE
ALTERNATIVE DESIGN SOLUTIONS TO FURTHER IMPROVE
THE DESIGN. THIS IS TO ADDRESS UNFORESEEN ISSUES AND
CONCERNS THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE PROCESS.
THE DESIGN PROCESS
- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

5. INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
- Ching, F. Dictionary of Architecture

6. � THE STARTING POINT OF EVERY DESIGN
PROCESS WHERE THE ARCHITECT
IDENTIFIES THE PROBLEM AND FURTHER
DELVE INTO ITS UNDERLYING CONTEXTS
SUCH AS BEHAVIORS, NEEDS,
FINANCIAL, AND NATURAL & MAN-
MADE ENVIRONMENTS ETC.
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
INITIATION
- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

7. � SIMILAR TO THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, ARCHITECTS
NEED TO COLLECT DATA TO DERIVE ANALYSIS
FROM.
� WITHOUT DATA, THE ARCHITECT CANNOT
ACHIEVE A SOUND DESIGN SOLUTION WHICH
MAY LIKELY LEAD TO SUBJECTIVE ASSUMPTIONS
AND FAILURE TO GRASP IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF
THE DESIGN PROBLEM.
� POSSIBLE DATA REQUIREMENTS: CLIENT
PREFERENCES & BEHAVIOURS, TOPOGRAPHY &
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT SITE,
BUDGET, ETC.
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
PREPARATION
- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

8. � THIS IS THE PHASE WHEN ARCHITECTS UTILIZE
SEVERAL TOOLS TO ANALYZE GIVEN DATA.
� THE PROXIMITY MATRIX IS THE MOST
COMMON ANALYSIS TOOL UTILIZED BY
ARCHITECTS TO UNDERSTAND THE
INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF SPACES.
� UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING THIS
ANALYSIS TOOL IS THE FIRST STAGE IN
DEVELOPING THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILL OF
AN ASPIRING ARCHITECT.
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
PREPARATION
PROXIMITY MATRIX
- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

9. INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
PROXIMITY MATRIX SAMPLES:

11. INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
SYNTHESIS
BUBBLE DIAGRAM
� IN THIS PHASE, THE ARCHITECT IS PROCESSING
MULTIPLE SETS OF PARAMETERS AND TRIES TO
SYNTHESIZE THEM TO CREATE AN EDUCATED
GUESS AND PRODUCE AN NUMBER OF
POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES.
� THE BUBBLE DIAGRAM IS ONE OF THE TOOLS
THAT ARCHITECTS EMPLOY TO ENABLE THEM TO
DISCOVER CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
OF THE DESIGN PROBLEM.
� THE BUBBLE DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATES THE
INTERRELATIONSHIP OF THE SPACES.
- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

12. INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
BUBBLE DIAGRAM SAMPLES:

13. HYPOTHESIS
� A VERY RECOGNIZABLE FEATURE OF THE SCIENTIFIC
METHOD BUT STILL AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE
DESIGN PROCESS. IN THIS PHASE, THE ARCHITECT
ESTABLISHES SEVERAL EDUCATED GUESSES DERIVED
FROM THE PROXIMITY MATRIX.
� RELATIONSHIPS OF THE SPACES CAN BE ILLUSTRATED
BY DRAWING THE ASSIGNED SHAPES OF SPACES
PROXIMATE OR FAR FROM EACH OTHER.
� DIFFERENT TYPES ARROWS CAN FURTHER
DEMONSTRATE THE ACCESS AND ACTIVITY FLOW OF
SPACES.
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
SYNTHESIS
BUBBLE DIAGRAM
- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

14. � HOWEVER, PRODUCING ONLY ONE BUBBLE
DIAGRAM MAY NOT ARRIVE at A SATISFACTORY
DESIGN SOLUTION.
� AN ARCHITECT EMPLOYS SEVERAL STAGES TO
FURTHER DEVELOP OTHER POSSIBLE DESIGN
SOLUTIONS OR TO IMPROVE THE INITIAL LAYOUT.
� THIS PROCESS MAY INVOLVE MODIFYING,
REFINING, AND INTRODUCING INFLECTIONS TO
THE INITIAL LAYOUT.
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
ALTERNATIVE
SYNTHESIS
- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

15. MODIFY
� TO MAKE MINOR
CHANGES OR TO
CHANGE A PART OF
THE DESIGN/LAYOUT
WITHOUT DRASTICALLY
CHANGING THE
CHARACTER OR
GOING BEYOND THE
PREMISES OF WHAT IS
REQUIRED.
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
ALTERNATIVE
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- Ching, F. A Visual
Dictionary of Architecture

16. REFINE
� THE OUTCOME OF EXPLORING MULTIPLE
ALTERNATIVES MAY ARISE UNANSWERED MINOR
PROBLEMS.
� THIS ISSUE IS INHERENT WITH ALL PROCESSES EVEN BY
THE MOST CONSCIENTIOUS, THUS REFINEMENTS MUST
BE EXECUTED.
� THIS STAGE INTENDS TO FURTHER ELABORATE OR
DEFINE PARTS OF THE LAYOUT THAT MAY HAVE SOME
MINOR LAPSES AND LACKING DETAILS DURING THE
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
ALTERNATIVE
- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

17. INFLECTION
� DESPITE EXHAUSTING THE EFFORT OF
MODIFYING AND REFINING AN INITIAL
LAYOUT BUT YET TO ARRIVE AT AN IDEAL
OR SATISFACTORY STATE. AN ARCHITECT
MAY FORGO BY INFLECTING A
RADICALLY DIFFERENT IDEA
� THE ARCHITECT MAY TRANSFORM THE
INITIAL LAYOUT INTO A DIFFERENT FORM
BY BENDGING, RECONFIGURING,
JUXTAPOSE & EMPLOYING A DIFFERENT
WAY OF ADJUSTING TO THE EXITING
CONTEXT THROUGH TECHNOLOGICAL
INNOVATIONS OR EXPLORING OTHER
PRAGMATIC METHODS.
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
ALTERNATIVE
- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

18. � THE ARCHITECT HAS ARRIVED AT A INITIAL
DESIGN PROPOSAL HOWEVER THIS IS NOT THE
END OF THE DESIGN PROCESS.
� THE DRAFT IS AN INITIAL STATE OF THE PROPOSED
DESIGN/PLAN THUS MUST UNDERGO RIGOROUS
EVALUATION AND RESYNTHESIS BASED FROM THE
FEEDBACK OF THE CLIENT.
� THE PRESENTATION OF YOUR PLANS AND HOW
YOU COMMUNICATE TO THE CLIENT IS CRUCIAL
TO ESTABLISH A FAVORABLE IMPRESSION AND
GOOD ARCHITECT-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
DRAFT
- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

19. � IN THIS STAGE THE INITIAL DESIGN PROPOSAL/
DRAFT WILL BE SUBJECTED THROUGH A
RIGOROUS PROCESS OF EVALUATION TO
IDENTIFY OVERLOOKED PROBLEMS DURING THE
FORMULATION OF THE DESIGN SOLUTION.
� THE PARTICIPATION AND FEEDBACK OF THE
CLIENT ARE CRUCIAL IN THIS STAGE SINCE THE
CLIENT IS PRESUMED TO BE THE FUTURE USER.
� MATERIALS REQUIRED DURING THIS STAGE IS
NOT LIMITED TO MODELS, 3D RENDERS AND
PRINTED PLANS.
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
EVALUATION
- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

20. � INFORMATION THAT SERVES AS THE BASIS FOR
RESYNTHESIZING OR REWORKING OF A DESIGN SOLUTION
AFTER THE EVALUATION PROCESS.
� THE EXISTENCE OF THIS INFORMATION HOPES TO CREATE
AN IMPROVED VERSION OF THE DESIGN PROPOSAL AND
EVENTUALLY APPROVED BY THE CLIENT WHEN THE PREMISES
OF THE FEEDBACK ARE MET.
� HOWEVER, THE GIVEN FEEDBACK MUST ALSO BE
CRITICALLY EVALUATED THROUGH THE LENS OF THE
ARCHITECT’S PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE. NOT ALL
FEEDBACK ARE BENEFICIAL TO THE CLIENT ESPECIALLY IF IT
VIOLATES EXISTING REGULATIONS AND ETHICAL PRACTICE.
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
FEEDBACK
- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

21. � IN THIS STAGE, THE CLIENT WILL SELECT THE
MOST SUITABLE OR IDEAL SCHEME FOR
IMPLEMENTATION INTO WORKING
DRAWINGS
� ALSO, THE APPROVED DESIGN WILL ACT AS
THE BASIS FOR THE CREATION OF THE
CONTRACT DOCUMENTS.
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
ACTION/SELECTION
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- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

22. � THE STAGE WHEN THE ARCHITECT MAKES
ALL THE NECESSARY DRAWINGS AND
DOCUMENTS IN PREPARATION FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT.
� THIS PHASE OF THE DESIGN PROCESS WILL
BE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL IN THE
CONSEQUENT SUBJECTS OF
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN,
ARCHITECTURAL THEORY, BUILDING TECH
(1-5), AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
IMPLEMENTATION
- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture

23. � AFTER THE PROJECT IS IMPLEMENTED, THERE WILL BE
NECESSARY EVALUATION OF HOW THE BUILDING IS
PERFORMING IN MULTIPLE ASPECTS SUCH AS
COMPATIBILITY TO INTENDED USE, CAPACITY,
STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, MEPs, etc.
� THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT THE INTENDED DESIGN GOALS
ARE MET. HOWEVER, IF THERE ARE INSUFFICIENCIES OF
THE DESIGN, THE INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THIS
PHASE WILL ENABLE THE ARCHITECT AND ALLIED
PROFESSIONALS FORMULATE CORRECT INTERVENTIONS.
� THIS PHASE WILL BE DISCUSSED IN DETAIL IN THE
CONSEQUENT SUBJECTS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN,
ARCHITECTURAL THEORY, BUILDING TECH (1-5), AND
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
INTRODUCTION TO ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
THE DESIGN PROCESS
REEVALUATION
- Ching, F. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture