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CONCEPT: Response to Context

(Activity Analysis and Linkages)
Architect’s Role and Responsibility to the Community

Building Envelope

Building Envelope CONCEPTS

CONCEPT: Response to Context Footings and foundation
Property boundaries CONTINUOUS WALL FOOTING
Land contours FLOATING SLAB FOOTING
FOOTING WITH STEM WALL
Surface drainage CONTINUOUS SHAPED WALL FOOTING
Soil condition STEPPED CONTINUOUS WALL FOOTING
PLATED COLUMN FOOTING
Rocks and boulders STEPPED COLUMN FOOTING
Trees PILINGS
PILING SHAPES
Water PILES BEAMS WALLS
Existing Buildings PILES SLAB AND WALLS
PILES AND COLUMNS
Expansion of existing buildings CANTILEVERED BEAMS WITH PILING
Easements CONTINUOUS WALL FOOTING
CONTINUOUS WALL FOOTING BENEATH THE SLAB
Noise ISOLATED WALL FOOTING BENEATH THE SLAB
Views from the site Columns
COLUMN SHAPES IN PLAN
Off site vehicular traffic COLUMN TRANSITIONS AT BASE
Existing on-site vehicular traffic PEDESTAL TRANSITIONS FOR COLUMNS AT BASE
CHANGE COLUMN MATERIALS AT BASE
Existing on-site pedestrian traffic BEAM CONNECTION TO COLUMN
Utilities COLUMN TO WALL RELATIONSHIP
COLUMN TO ROOF RELATIONSHIP
Building parking service relationships
COLUMN TO FLOOR RELATIONSHIP
Vehicular-pedestrian traffic systems Walls
WALL FORMS
Parking systems WALL TRANSITIONS TO BASE
Car storage BEAM CONNECTIONS TO WALLS
WALL TO WALL RELATIONSHIPS
Approach to building Additional column and wall roles
Arrival modes RECEIVE OTHER ELEMENTS
BECOME OR FORM OTHER ELEMENTS
Entry to building
Beams
Total site zoning BEAMS SHAPE AND FORMS
FRAMING CONCEPTS
Total site systems
CONNECTION TO OTHER SPANNING MEMBERS
Land forms SLOPED BEAM TRANSITION TO GROUND
RELATION TO ROOF AND CEILING
Seating forms
RELATION TO WALLS
Contribution to neighborhood Roof forms
GABLE HIP
Sunlight
FLAT DOME
Temperature and humidity LEAN-TOMANSARD
SAW TOOTH
Rainfall
Additional beam roles
Wind FORM OR DEFINE SKYLIGHTS
ACTS AS HANDRAILS
BEAR GRAPHICS
ACCOMMODATE LIGHTING
DEFINE USED ZONES IN A ROOM
SUPPORT HANGING ELEMENTS
ORGANIZE CEILING PATTERN

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WALL CONTINUITY THRU GLASS Window forms
WALL AS FOCUS TYPES
CONTINUOUS FRAMES
WALL/FLOOR CEILING FAÇADE RELATIONSHIPS
OUTSIDE WALL TEXTURE SAME AS INSIDE Window in plan and section
WALLS AS BACKDROP Additional window roles
OUTSIDE WALL TEXTURE DIFFERENT FROM INSIDE STOREFRONT CONCEPT
WALLS AS SCREEN SHOW HOW THE BUILDING WORKS
WALLS CONTINUOUS WITH FLOOR SEAT
NOTCH TO EXPRESS PLANES DUCT
MOVABLE WALLS SHELVES
Floor and ceiling concepts DESK
CONTINUITY IN AND OUT HIGH GOOD VIEW LOW BAD VIEW
DISCONTINUOUS IN FROM OUT BAD HIGH VIEW GOOD LOW VIEW
PATTERN DERIVATIVE IN FROM OUT WINDOWS SHADE THEMSELVES
FLOORS AS FLOATING PLATFORM FEATURE ART
ROOF AS CEILING FRONT DESK
DROPPED CEILING PLANES DEFINE CIRCULATION
CEILING CONTINUITY IN TO OUT FURNITURE
Balconies PLANTS
Canales and water bins ALTAR
GRAVEL WASH WALL
SPLASH BLOCK WITH LIGHT
GROUND COVER
PLANTER
POOL Sources::
CHAIN
DRY WELL Ching, Francis D.K. (2007) Architecture Form, space and
SEWER Order, 4th edition, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Retrieved
CISTERN from
DRAIN ON TOP OF THE BUTRESS https://www.academia.edu/34808211/Architecture_-
THROUGH WALL _Form_Space_and_Order_4th_edition
WATER RECEPTACLE PATTERNS Lynch, Kevin and Gary Hack (1984 3rd Ed.) The Art of Site
USE DRAIN TO DEFINE CORNERS, WINDOWS, ETC Planning: M.I.T. Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Fireplaces Lifted and updated from Ar. Willa Solomon’s TOA 2 lecture
ANCHOR A SEATING UNIT materials
RECEIVE STAIRS Lifted and updated from Ar. Christopher Luna’s TOA 2
ROOM FOCUS lecture materials
SEAT White, E.T. (1975) Concept Sourcebook: A Vocabulary of
ROOM DIVIDER Architectural Forms. Tucson: Konemann.
PRIVACY https://www.slideshare.net/coolgirl0000/concept-
Steps source-book-edward-white
Stairs
Stair placement in relation to building • http://www.trhamzahyeang.com/project/skyscrapers
Additional stair roles /bishopgate01.html
WAITING CANOPY • http://www.urbantransport-
PLANTS technology.com/projects/turin/
PLANTER • http://www.lrta.gov.ph/system_links.htm
SEATING
FORM ENTRY
OBSERVATION OR DISPLAY
Shafts
Skylight roles
Doors
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