Problem Seeking by William M. Pena & Steven A. Parshall

Author:William M. Pena & Steven A. Parshall
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2012-02-09T16:00:00+00:00

Establish Goals

Function

1. Understand why the project is being undertaken.

2. Investigate the policy concerning the maximum number of people to be accommodated.

3. Identify goals to maintain a sense of individual identity within a large mass of people.

4. Identify goals for degrees and types of privacy and for group interaction.

5. Investigate the hierarchy of values of the client/user.

6. Identify goals concerning the promotion of certain activities as prime interests, and their quality level.

7. Identify the goal concerning the types of security required.

8. Identify the goal concerning the effective continuity of progression (flow) of people and things.

9. Investigate policies concerning the segregation of people, vehicles, and things.

10. Identify goals dealing with the promotion of chance and planned encounters.

11. Identify the policy concerning transportation (parking).

12. Understand the implications of a goal for functional efficiency.

13. Identify the goal concerning the priority of relationships.

Form

14. Identify any client attitudes toward existing elements on the site (trees, water, open space, facilities, and utilities).

15. Identify client attitudes toward the facility response to its environment.

16. Investigate the land-use policy for efficiency and environmental character.

17. Identify policies concerning coincident planning and relations with the neighboring community.

18. Identify policies concerning the investment in, or improvement of, the neighboring community and site ecosystem.

19. Identify the level of physical comfort required.

20. Identify critical life safety considerations.

21. Identify client attitudes toward the social/psychological environment to be provided.

22. Identify goals concerned with the promotion of the personal individuality of the user.

23. Identify goals dealing with the flow of people and vehicles to provide wayfinding with a sense of orientation (knowing where you are), or a sense of entry (knowing where to enter).

24. Identify the image that must be projected.

25. Identify client attitudes toward the quality of the physical environment and the balance of space and quality.

26. Identify the client's goals for achieving a sustainable environment.

Economy

27. Identify the extent of available funds.

28. Investigate the goal for cost-effectiveness.

29. Investigate the goal for maximum return—getting the most for the money.

30. Investigate the goal for return on investment, for achieving financial gain.

31. Identify the goal for minimizing the operational costs of the physical plant.

32. Identify the goal for minimizing maintenance and operating costs.

33. Identify the goal for establishing a priority on life-cycle costs or initial costs.

Time

34. Identify client attitudes toward historic preservation.

35. Determine client attitudes toward being static or dynamic as a social or functional organization.

36. Identify client attitudes toward anticipated change.

37. Identify client expectations for growth.

38. Identify the desired occupancy date.

39. Identify client goals for availability of funds over time.

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