National Organization of Minority Architecture Students
The City College of New York

Contributed by Keisha, This outline was created to help with time management. Hopefully it will enhance the development of anyone's projects. Time allowed for each step is at the bottom of the page.

Program - Concept

This step is the introduction of the problem or program. Free Thought is applied here through
• sketching, model making, and creating the first parti
• ANYTHING CAN BE DONE, SAID, OR THOUGHT AT THIS STAGE - Wether it applies to program or not.

Preliminary Design


Research, Analysize and Sketch

• program; how has this problem been solved before? check building precedents
• zoning restrictions; what is allowable here.
• characteristics of site; history, commercial/residential, urban/rural, photographs, transportation/circulation...
Sketches should consist of

• analysis drawings;
• Parti(s) - A parti is a basic organizational diagram of a building. Usually in plan, it orders the space amongst public, private, circulation...
Sketch Models and further development of the parti through volumetric drawings.
Select the Most Suitable Parti.

Design Development


Begin developing All Drawings Needed to Show Parti as a Solution to the Program
Sketches - Proportional and to scale drawings showing relation between site, concept, and program.

• site plan - with building on site
• plans and sections, elevations
• perspectives
• 3D models

Finalization of Design


Hard Line Drawings

• site plan, plans, elevations, sections
• all other necessary drawings, such as axonometrics, perspectives, construction details
• begin final model

Presentation


Stop Designing!
Ink, Render, Finish Model
Draw simple diagrams explaining your project. -These, showing circulation, public/private space, volumetric, and parti, will help clarify the direct relationship you have created between site, concept, and program to your jury.

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