Site History

The existing cellular spaces

The existing site
The structural grid (to be considered)
establishes how, when organizing strategies
for space planning, the designer can start
The form of the building's section (to be considered)
from a variety of different concerns that
POINTS OF DEPARTURE
may include the qualities of the existing site
Identity or branding
to be used for the project, the function of
The client Ethos or aspirations the proposed interior or the client's ethos.

Personal Preference

The Building Programme The building's function

Learning from History

building type (e.g. reuse of a church)

construction type (e.g. vernacular construction)

Site Precedents
building's form (e.g. round)

condition (e.g. re conservation, restoration, or

refurbishment)
emphasizes the importance of learning from
THE USE OF PRECEDENT STUDIES examples of previous good practice to to
linear
inform future design proposals
radial
Organization Precedents
clustered

grid

Circulation Precedents spatial relationships

Learning from other disciplines learning from closely related fields

The Nature of the client's business

client Concepts based on the client The client's products or services

The client's corporate identity

DEVELOPING CONCEPTUAL IDEAS
programme Concepts based on the programme based on the function (narrative response)
shows how design decisions can be
history of the building determined by a clear, bold conceptual
Conceptual starting points direction that may establish the form of the
site location interior while also establishing a narrative
that engages the user's interest
site Concepts based on the site architectural style of the existing building

condition of the building

materials used in construction

design approach Concepts based on the design approach

space within a space

overlapping spaces

Spatial Relationship
adjacent spaces

spaces linked by a common space

linear strategies

grid strategies

radial strategies

Spatial Strategies

centralized strategies

introduces approaches to the development

PLANNING STRATEGIES clustered strategies of interior space planning.

radial circulation

spiral circulation

Circulation Strategies
grid circulation

SPATIAL STRATEGIES FOR

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
a network circulation

-summarized notes of Ar.

DEANNA ALYSSA C.
RENTEGRADO
RLA Lic. No. 0042899
pass through space circulation
RMP Lic. No. 0010141

pass by space circulation

Circulation and space

terminate in a space circulation

approach

entrance

Planning Solutions spatial strategy

spatial relationships

circulation strategy

listing the required spaces and how they should relate

DEFINED
and function
The Brief

UNDEFINED problem analysis and programme development

spaces necessary to enable the activity to take place

(accommodation schedule)

spatial relationships that are necessary for the building

to function as intended
Spatial Requirements

necessary spatial requirements in terms of size

the qualities necessary for the spaces to function

effectively

Subtopic 1
Planning Diagrams Subtopic 1

sets out methods of translating the client's

needs into an organisation of appropriate
FROM BRIEF TO PROPOSAL spaces that reconcile the functional
Subtopic 1 requirements of the brief with the form of
the building in which the proposed interior
is to be housed.

Subtopic 2

Relating the Planning Diagram to the site

Subtopic 3

Subtopic 1

Analyzing an existing building what, when, where, who, why, how

THE EXISTING BUILDING'S IMPACT
Introducing new into an existing building demonstrates how the nature of the
existing building can be one of the major
Intervention old + new as one and indistinguishable factors that determine the approach taken
towards the establishment of the new
Insertion old + new with harmony interior.

Installation old + new with little rapport

Defining space how two spaces can be articulated as being different

open versus closed

Exploring contrasts heavy versus light

opaque versus transparent

demonstrates ways in which it is possible to
DEVELOPING THREE DIMENSIONAL
horizontal planes develop a huge variety of 3d forms from any
SPATIAL COMPOSITIONS
given planning diagram
vertical planes

Forming spatial compositions beams

columns

arches

Manipulating Volumes

Simple plans, complex sections

How does the building relate to adjacent buildings and/

or the surrounding landscape?

Are there important views or vistas that should be

established or eliminated?

How does the existing section respond to the building's

orientation?
emphasizes the importance of an interior's
DESIGNING IN SECTION
How do the existing levels work within the building? section as a crucial aspect of its design
Responding to the existing site

Might the form of the existing section influence the

response?

Will existing elements (such as roof trusses, columns,

beams, and apertures) influence the design of the
section?

How will the building's structure affect any remodelling

of the section?

Sectional models

Useful drawing types illustrates the ways in which interior

designers use a variety of different methods
COMMUNICATING SPATIAL ORGANIZATIONS Freehand or sketch drawings to communicate complex spatial issues to
colleagues, clients, and members of the
Models design team.

Flow

Detailed Planning discusses the ensuing stages of the design

WHAT'S NEXT? process once the spatial composition of a
project is established

Designing in detail