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Architecture Programming 2

This document discusses the importance of case studies for architectural students. It explains that case studies allow students to analyze real buildings and consider various design aspects like environment, user needs, circulation, structure, and more. Conducting literature reviews and multiple case studies on different building types provides comparative analysis. Some key things to examine in case studies include form and function relationships, structural systems, accessibility, and socio-economic user profiles. Overall, case studies provide valuable learning by allowing students to comprehensively evaluate existing building designs.

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Architecture Programming 2

This document discusses the importance of case studies for architectural students. It explains that case studies allow students to analyze real buildings and consider various design aspects like environment, user needs, circulation, structure, and more. Conducting literature reviews and multiple case studies on different building types provides comparative analysis. Some key things to examine in case studies include form and function relationships, structural systems, accessibility, and socio-economic user profiles. Overall, case studies provide valuable learning by allowing students to comprehensively evaluate existing building designs.

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INTRODUCTION

TO ARCHITEC-
TURAL
PROGRAMMING
ARCH. ANAN AL-SHAMMARI
• When students begin studying Architecture at a
University, the first thing that they are supposed
to become excellent at, is doing a documentation
or a case study.
• It could be a case study of a small village, town,
a villa, a bus-stop, or a high-rise commercial or
residential building.
• A case study is an in-depth investigation of a
single individual, group, or community. Other
ways include experiments, surveys, or analysis
of archival information.

CASE STUDIES
• As the term Case Study suggests, it is the study
of a 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.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING A


CASE STUDY?
• Before you start with your live case studies:
1. First of all do a complete literature case study.
Literature case study consists of reading
everything you can find on the subject.
You can refer books in a library, use Google to
look up research papers
A literature case study would give you a vague idea
about your topic. There will be various
questions arising in your mind after you are
done with your literature case study. To find the
answers to those questions, you will have to go
for minimum two live case studies

LITERATURE CASE STUDY


• Always possibly go for more than two different
case studies, because a comparative case
study of two or more different cases is very
important and helpful.

1. While you are doing your first case study, say a


Villa, go for a smaller Villa first so that you can
figure out the basic minimum requirements.
2. In your second case study, go for an extremely
lavish Villa so that you are aware of the
maximum requirements you could give.

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS


1. Environment and micro-climate
Analyzing the surrounding environment and the
micro-climate of that place will help understand the
reason of the orientation of the structure, the kind of
roof chosen and the materials used in its
construction.
2. User behavior and requirements Studying the
functioning of a particular place, say a Hospital, is
very important; without which you will not be able to
figure out the requirements and the area that should
be allotted for each of the requirements.Talking to
people working at that place (Hospital), will help you
figure out if the requirements that are provided are
adequate and the area that is allotted is sufficient for
its efficient working.
ELEVEN MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO
ANALYZE IN ANY CASE STUDY
3. Utility and space enhancement
Study of Utilitarian facilities of a particular case is also
important. Various measures taken to enhance a
particular space should be analyzed.
4. Form and Function
Analyzing the reason behind the form of that particular
building…and how it merges with the surrounding
environment. Form and Function go hand in hand. The
form of the building should be able to convey the function
of the building. A lot of Architects say “Form follows
Function”.As an example, an institutional building should
not end up looking like a museum.
Some other Architects might disagree with that
philosophy. They’d say that the function of a structure
keeps changing but changing the form of the building
everytime its function changes is not possible. They say,
Adopt a “Universal Design Scheme”.

ELEVEN MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO


ANALYZE IN ANY CASE STUDY
5. Horizontal and vertical circulation
Horizontal circulation consists of elements such as the
corridors and lobbies. Vertical circulation includes
elevators, staircases, ramps etc. The efficiency of the
placement of these services should be analyzed.
6. Site Planning and Landscape detailing

7. Structural details such as Column and Beam


Design, Steel and Composite structures
Understanding and analyzing the structural details is
also important. For example, large span structures such
as Auditoriums use trusses or heavy I-section steel
beams and sometimes shell-roofing that involve
construction of Ring beams whereas in small span
structures, RCC construction is used.
ELEVEN MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO
ANALYZE IN ANY CASE STUDY
8. Building Services such as Fire Alarm system,
HVAC, Water supply systems
The working of Fire Alarm system, HVAC and
Water supply systems should be examined and
their space requirements are to be analyzed.
9. Design detailing considering the Barrier-free
environment
Implementation of the Barrier-free architecture for
comfortable access to disabled people. Most public
buildings have mandatory accessibility systems for
the disabled.

ELEVEN MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO


ANALYZE IN ANY CASE STUDY
10. Socio-economic profile of user group
It might also be important to find out the socio-
economic profile of the people using the services
so as to determine their requirements and available
resources.
11. Parking details and standards
Measure the allotted parking area on site, say for
ten cars, then calculate the average area for each
car and compare it with the areas specified in TSS
(Time Savers Standards).

ELEVEN MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO


ANALYZE IN ANY CASE STUDY
• References:

• Architectural Programming and Predesign


Manager, Robert G. Hershberger, McGraw-Hill,
1999

THE END

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