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Architectural Design Process

The document discusses the architectural design process, which involves 6 main phases: initiation, preparation, synthesis, evaluation, action, and reevaluation. The process is cyclical and iterative. Initiation involves identifying problems and contexts. Preparation involves collecting and analyzing information and establishing goals. Synthesis involves discovering constraints/opportunities and hypothesizing solutions. Evaluation involves simulating, testing, and modifying solutions. Action involves selecting and implementing solutions. Reevaluation assesses how well implemented solutions satisfy goals. The design process then repeats as needed.

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Architectural Design Process

The document discusses the architectural design process, which involves 6 main phases: initiation, preparation, synthesis, evaluation, action, and reevaluation. The process is cyclical and iterative. Initiation involves identifying problems and contexts. Preparation involves collecting and analyzing information and establishing goals. Synthesis involves discovering constraints/opportunities and hypothesizing solutions. Evaluation involves simulating, testing, and modifying solutions. Action involves selecting and implementing solutions. Reevaluation assesses how well implemented solutions satisfy goals. The design process then repeats as needed.

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  • Architectural Design Process
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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROCESS

DESIGN – to conceive, contrive, or devise the form and structure of a building or other
construction
PROCESS – a systematic series of actions or operations leading to a particular end

DESIGN PROCESS – a purposeful activity aimed at devising a plan for changing an existing
situation into a future preferred state esp. the cyclical iterative process comprising the following
phases

INITIATION – PREPARATION – SYNTHESIS – EVALUATION – ACTION –


REEVALUATION

THE DESIGN PROCESS IN DETAILS

INITIATION
- Identifying a problem and its social, economic, and physical context.
- to figure out who has a need, what that need is and why it must be solved
PREPARATION
- collecting and analyzing relevant information and establishing goals and criteria for an
acceptable solution
- (key words) analysis – separating of a whole into is constituent parts or elements, esp. as
a method of studying the nature of the whole and determining its essential features and
their relations
SYNTHESIS
- discovering constraints and opportunities and hypothesizing possible alternative
solutions.
- Combining od separate, often diverse parts or elements so as to form a single or coherent
whole
- (key words) hypothesis – formulating a tentative assumption in order to draw out and test
its logical or empirical consequences
Alternative – one of the propositions or courses of action to be chosen from a
set of two or more mutually exclusive possiblities
EVALUATION
- Simulating, testing, and modifying acceptable alternatives according to specified goals
and criteria
- Feedback – evaluative information about an action or process prompting a return to a
preceding phase for alteration or correction
ACTION
- Selecting and implementing the most suitable solution
- (key words) implement – to ensure the fullfillment of by means of a definite plan or
procedure
REEVALUATION
- Assessing how well an implemented solution in use satisfies the specified goals and
criteria

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PROCESS


STEP 1: PROGRAMMING (pre-design phase)
Thorough and systematic evaluation of the interrelated values, goals, facts, and needs of a
client’s family and the surrounding community. A well- conceived program leads to high-quality
design. The architect will gather information on the building site or existing home (if
remodeling) and form a cohesive relationship and a shared concept for the final building

STEP 2: SCHEMATIC DESIGN


The architect provides a preliminary evaluation of the program, schedule, and
construction budget developed in the pre-design phase and prepares schematic drawings
illustrating the project to review.

STEP 3: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT


The architect will translate the design of a project from the realm of ideas to physical
form. Design development tasks build on the approved schematic design to reach a level of
completeness that demonstrates the project can be built.

STEP 4: CONSTRUCTION DRAWING


The architect prepares drawings suitable for permit submittal and construction which are
referred to as construction drawings. These drawings are an instrument of communicating the
project to those who will be involved in the construction of the home.

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