THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE 2 Although design projects may begin with a

Functional Zoning single overall direction, any building design

By: Ar. Chris Luna, uap comes is in fact composed of many concepts.
 Concepts may be product or process
Approaches in the Design Process oriented and can take place in any stage
in the design process
Techniques, models, paradigms, idioms and  Can occur in any scale
processes for designing  Can be generated from several sources
 Serve as a vehicles/catalysts for  Have a hierarchal nature
improving the effectiveness of a
designer
 They broaden and deepen the
designer’s understanding of design
activities
 Use to organize and present information
for designing
 To provide successful architectural
solutions

Functional Zoning

Need for Adjacency

Concepts have been the designer’s way of

responding to the design situation presented in
the program
 They are derived from problem analysis
or initially prompted by it.
 They are rudimentary in character
 They both require and must embrace
further development

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Similarity in general role

Sequence in time Required Environment

Types of effects produced

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Relatedness to core activities Degree of emergency or critical situations

Frequency of activity occurrence

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Duration of activities Anticipated growth and change

Topic Reference:

 Concept Sourcebook by Edward T. White

 Architectural Graphics Standards
 The images in this paper came from
various sources from Google images

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