SUBJECT: ARCHITECTURAL Page

THESIS
DOCUMENT THESIS BOOK ISSUED TO:
TITLE: Thesis Students
OUTLINE
Thesis Advisers
DOC. NO.: DATE OF EFFECTIVITY:
17 September 2018
551 M.F. Jhocson St., Sampaloc, Manila SUPERSEDES: DATED:
05 September 2018
PREPARED BY: REVIEWED & AMENDED BY: APPROVED BY:

Ar. Adrian P. Tumang, En.P. Ar. Manuel L. Fernando, M.Ed. Ar. Aurora B. Panopio, M.Arch. Ar. Chona E. Ponce, PhD, FUAP, CBP
Thesis Adviser Thesis Coordinator Thesis Adviser, Program Chair Dean, College of Architecture

THESIS BOOK OUTLINE

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Title Page
Certificate of Thesis Endorsement and Deliberation
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Executive Summary

FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 9:

1. Background of the Problem

(2 Weeks | Week 1-2)
1.1. Problem Statement and Rationale
1.2. Definitions of Terms and Concepts
1.3. Conceptual and Theoretical Framework

2. Project Significance and Implications

(2 Weeks | Week 3-4)
2.1. Project Description
2.2. Technical Significance and Implications
2.3. Social Significance and Implications
2.4. Economic Significance and Implications
2.5. Environmental Significance and Implications
2.6. Institutional and Legal Significance and Implications

3. Site Selection and Analysis

(2 Weeks | Week 5-6)
3.1. Site Selection or Justification
3.2. SWOT Analysis
3.3. Macro and Micro-site Data Analysis
3.3.1. Relevant Thematic Maps
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4. Architectural Program
(2 Weeks | Week 7-8)
4.1. Design Goals, Objectives, and Strategies
4.2. Design Concept
4.3. Space Program
4.3.1. Target Users Needs and Behavior Analysis
4.3.2. Activity Flow Studies and Diagrams
4.3.3. Spaces Requirements and Area Tabulation
4.3.4. Space Interrelationship/Adjacency Matrix
4.3.5. Bubble Diagrams

FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 10:

5. Design Translation
5.1. Design Development
5.1.1. Figure-Ground Diagrammatic Studies
5.1.2. Schematic Studies
5.1.3. Massing Studies and Evolution of Forms
5.2. Concepts
5.3. Site Development Plan
5.4. Building Floor Plans
5.5. Elevations and Sections
5.6. Structural Concept
5.7. Conceptual Utility Diagrams
5.8. Perspectives
5.8.1. Interior Perspectives
5.8.2. Exterior Perspectives
5.8.3. Aerial Site Perspective

Bibliography
Appendices

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