1st Edition

Programming the Built Environment (Routledge Revivals)

Edited By Wolfgang F. E. Preiser Copyright 1985
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

Architectural programming – the analysis of any given environment to satisfy users’ needs – has become a given prerequisite to the design process. The programming process is often a complicated one: users’ present and future needs must be identified; space allowances, often predetermined, must be considered; equipment must be accommodated; all in the most cost-effective way possible. The variety... Read more

Preface;  1. Introduction  2. Values: A Theoretical Foundation for Architectural Programming  3. Using the Program: Applications for Design, Occupancy, and Evaluation  4. Health-care Facility Programming  5. The Programming of Office Interiors  6. Using a Joint Planning Process in Adaptive Reuse  7. Facility Planning on a Large Scale: New Mexico State Police Facilities Master Plan  8. Designing a Senior Center  9. A Case Study in International Collaboration  10. Najavo Mission Academy Student Residences: An Experiment in Cross-cultural Research and Programming  11. Restructuring the Hidden Program: Toward an Architecture of Social Change;  Index

Biography

Wolfgang F. E. Preiser