DESIGN

PROCESS

Taking you through the exploration on

process of designing a STRUCTURE…
DESIGN
•Architectural design focuses on
the aesthetic and function of the
structure. It’s design works to
create a space that flows with its
surroundings.

•Work with space and elements to

create a coherent and
functional structure.
1. Understanding the brief MANIFESTING
2. Data collection
3. Case study
THE PROCESS
4. Site analysis
5. Concept
6. Zoning and bubble diagram
7. Layout plan (Single line plan)
8. Double line plan
9. Section and elevation
10.Details
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that can be used as demonstrations,
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IN SHORT…
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Understanding the brief

• Design brief is a document outlining the

objectives and corresponding design
strategies for a project.
•It also encourages the client to process
and clarify what they need from the
project
•A design brief should primarily focus on
the outcomes and should not attempt to
deal with the aesthetic details of design…
 Data collection
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Data collection in architecture is composed of

norms, basics of typology of structure , rules or
standards that govern initializing the process, and
how it is put to use in designing and organizations of
spaces.
Case study

It is the study of a
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particular case that is
similar to your topic of
design project. Doing
a case study will help you
understand the various
aspects that you have to
consider while designing.
 Site analysis
04 1.General
2.Neighboring buildings
3.Legal Restrictions
4.Access
5.Typography
6.Views
7.Sun paths
8.Wind patterns
9.Transport Links
10.Public
11.Trees and vegetation
12.Ecology
13.Site restrictions
14.Features
15.Hazards
HAVE A LOOK AT THESE
SAMPLE SITE
ANALYSIS !
THIS IS THE BOOK
YOU NEED TO LOOK
INTO !
 Concept
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•When referring to architecture; a

concept is an idea, thought or notion
that forms the backbone and
foundation of a design project and one
that drives it forward.

•It becomes the force and identity

behind a projects progress and is
consistently consulted throughout
every stage of its development.
SCRIB
BLE
A
LOT…

S WHERE YOUR IDEA STRIKES!

 Architectural concepts should primarily be generated from three
key areas;
The Site - climate, orientation, views, access, context, history,
use ... Site analysis
Design brief - client and building requirements, accommodation, an
construction budget

Building typology - Building

type and use
…But can also be generated in
full or in part by building
program, culture, society,
technology, emotion, and
sense.

Concept development
CONCEPT :
How and what do they influence?
•Exterior and interior - orientation, massing, form, apertures, height, light
•The landscape - hard and soft surfaces, types of planting, scale of painting,
arrangement of planting
•Finishes - colours, styles, textures, materials
•Fixtures and fittings - genre, style, scale, amount, material
•Structure - light, heavy, traditional, modern, vernacular
•Materials - colours, hard or soft, weathering, types, styles, locally sourced,
vernaculars
CONCEPT NEED NOT
ALWAYS BE A FORM
OR A OBJECT..
This is how concept works…
ANYTHING CAN BE A INSPIRATION
!
THIS IS THE BOOK
YOU NEED TO LOOK
INTO !
Zoning and bubble diagram
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•Schematic design, also known

as concept design, is one of the
most exciting stages of a
building project.

• For us, it is the time they get to

be their most creative. For
clients, it offers a first glimpse at
what their building might look
like in reality.
 Proximity chart
•Proximity is simply the process
of ensuring related design
elements are placed together. Any
unrelated items, should be spaced
apart.

•Close proximity indicates that

items are connected or have a
relationship to each other and
become one visual unit which
helps to organize or give structure
to a layout
 •Bubble diagram is a freehand
diagrammatic drawing made by architects
and interior designers to be used for space
planning and organization at the
preliminary phase of the design process.

•Bubble diagrams depict the program in the

form of circles and ovals shown in a floor plan
format.

•Bubble diagrams express not only the spaces

within the building but also the relationships
between spaces.
 Layout plan
(Single line plan)

•The purpose of a floor plan is

showing a dimensioned and scaled
map of a building’s interior spaces,
depicting the relationship to one
another, connections between the
interior and exterior, and the location
of key elements such as openings,
objects and wall thickness's.

Get to know you are getting into the real exhibit part of design !
08 DOUBLE LINE PLAN 07
In double line representation the actual size to
scale is drawn with center line marked in chain-
dotted lines.

It has these -

•Room Labels •Stairs

•Dimensions •Levels
•Access •Context
•Furniture •Walls
•Windows •Columns
•Doors
•Floor plans always depict an
overhead view of the spaces you
are creating and should be
thought of as an horizontal cut
or section that is taken at
1200mm (4ft) across the entire
floor.

•Anything below or above this

point is dotted or dashed.

•Focus on the individual

elements that make up a floor
plan
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Section and elevation

•‘Sectional drawing' shows a view of a

structure as though it had been sliced in half or
cut along another imaginary plane.

• They cut through the building

on a horizontal rather than
vertical plane.

•Elevation drawing is to show the

finished appearance of a given side
of the house and furnish vertical
height dimensions.
10 DETAILS
•Detail drawings provide a detailed
description of the geometric form of a part of
building.
•They tend to be scale drawings that show
in detail parts.
 11 VIEWS A sketch is a rapidly
executed
freehand drawing that is not
usually intended as a finished
work. ...

A detailed view depicts your design

with Volume or Space and this creates
the illusion of Height, Width and
Depth.
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