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Cover Page Table of Contents Project Proposal Project Design Philosophy or Mission Statement Project Goals and Objectives Codes and Building Occupancy Equipment List a. Existing b. Requested by the client Overlying Programmatic Concepts Existing Site and Building Conditions Report Short Program a. Short program is organized in a grid format: i. Provide a list of spaces, organized in a rational way ii. List occupancy (occupancy load requirements) iii. Number of units iv. Unit square footage v. Overall square footage (number of units unit square footage) vi. Circulation percent vii. Number of restrooms required viii. Total square footage needed for entire project 1. 5 ways to calculate square footage a. Step 1: Occupancy Load Factor b. Step 2: Equipment and Clearances c. Step 3: Identify Standard Dimensions d. Step 4: Percentage of the Whole e. Step 5: Applying Prototypical Sizes 2. Think about: a. What is the existing square footage? b. What is the total square footage of anticipated requirements? c. How much is factored in for circulation? d. How much is factored in for core requirements? Long Program a. Identify spaces and activities occurring in the spaces, applying your activities analysis and activity relationship b. Let activities and function define the space c. Establish relationships between spaces and relationship between people and spaces i. Relationship diagrams identify 1. Location of critical spatial relationships 2. Types of relationships between spaces ii. A matrix documents required spatial relationships 1. Adjacency matrix 2. Criteria matrix d. Do not provide design solutions, rather programmatic concepts and strategies e. Use clear, expressive, and technical language Appendix

The five step process a. b. c. d. e. Establishing goals Collecting facts Uncovering concepts Determining needs Stating the problem (problem statement)

Information gathering f. Goals and objectives i. Purpose for building ii. Functional goals iii. Aesthetic goals g. User requirements i. Individual users (who, title, position) ii. Number and function of groups/individual users iii. Specific, full-time user, or public user iv. Number of people v. Job description of user vi. User characteristics: age, sex, special needs (disabilities, etc.) vii. Personal preferences: colors, interests, etc. viii. Location of user in the activity space (bedroom, office, etc.) h. Activity requirements i. Primary activities 1. ____________ a. Nature of the activity b. Performance time c. Oftenness of the activity d. Part time activities e. Activity done by who and how many f. Is it shared? g. Special environmental requirements h. Security requirements ii. Secondary activities 1. ___________ a. Nature of the activity b. Performance time c. Oftenness of the activity d. Part time activities e. Activity done by who and how many f. Is it shared? g. Special environmental requirements h. Security requirements i. FF&E