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1. This is where the intentions or goals are outlined, a process by which both client and architect
start to define what these project parameters are.
2. It identifies potential problems/ pitfalls, dreams/ goals, user needs or wants, code and planning
requirements, community concerns, functions/ usage, lifestyle trends and image building. As such
it is a discovery phase.

2. The Pre- Design Services cover a broad line of architectural services ranging from initial
problem identification to activities that would allow the Architect to initially conceptualize an
array of architectural and allied solutions. The Pre-Design Services nominally include
consultation, pre-feasibility studies, feasibility studies, site selection and analysis, site utilization
and land-use studies, architectural research, architectural programming, space planning, space
management studies, value management, design brief preparation, promotional services and
other related activities.

a. A key part of pre-design is being able to listen to our clients.

Other elements of Pre-Design are:

o Establishing the client's goals or dreams

o Building Program
o Understanding space adjacencies
o Analysing the project budget
o Setting a preliminary project schedule
o Preliminary site/ climate analysis
o Preliminary code research
o Client & End user needs
o Environmental & community concerns
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a. A feasibility study, also known as feasibility analysis, is an analysis of the viability of an idea. It
describes a preliminary study undertaken to determine and document a project’s viability.

Detailed analysis of the project based on pre-feasibility studies will determine the viability of a
proposed development. The studies will set the project against present and future trends to
forecast how it will perform over time. This requires primary data gathering and analysis.
b. Project finance is the financing of long-term infrastructure, industrial projects and public
services based upon a non-recourse or limited recourse financial structure, in which project debt
and equity used to finance the project are paid back from the cash flow generated by the
project.
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c.

Architectural programming is a structured research and problem-solving process used to

identify, examine, and elaborate upon the various needs underlying a design project.
The architectural programis the foundation for a creative, meaningful, and - ultimately -
usefularchitectural solution.

This analytical problem-seeking process will lead to the statement and identification of both
horizontal and vertical requirements in offering a solution. It incorporates a space program with
characterizations of the envisioned spaces such as ambiance, cost range, etc.
d. This entails the formulation of site criteria, assistance to the Client in site evaluation as well
as analysis to determine the most appropriate site/s for a proposed project or building program.

Site selection or suitability analysis is a type of analysis used in GIS to determine the best
place or site for something. Potential sites used in suitability analysis can include the location
of a new hospital, store or school among many others.

One example of a common site selection problem is locating the best site for a new business such as a
vineyard. This is a good example because vineyard operators have a number of different criteria that are
needed to successfully grow grapes and these criteria can be ranked or weighted to find the best potential
sites. These factors could be slope, elevation, sun exposure and distance to major freeways.

e. Site utilization is a critical piece of the project planning process that affects construction
activities, project duration, safety and cost. The process of selecting Land-Use Studies in
each Study Unit begins by mapping the distribution of major land uses in relation to the aquifer
subunits designated for the Study-Unit Survey. Theland uses are defined and mapped as part

The detailed analysis of the site involves the identification of a site’s development potentials
through the proper utilization of land. The analysis covers the context of the site as well as that
of its surrounding environment and the development controls that apply to the site and its
environs. of developing the Environmental Framework for each Study Unit.

f. An analysis of the space requirements of the project based on organizational structure and
functional set-up pinpoints linkages and interaction of spaces. The formulation of the space
program will serve as the basis for the development of the architectural plan / design.

Space management is the management of spaces – control and supervision of the physical
spaces a business or organization occupies. This could be a single floor, multiple floors within a
building, or multiple floors within multiple buildings. Space management is simple in concept yet
far more complicated in practice.

g. Projects may require promotional activities in order to develop and generate financial support
and acceptance from governing agencies or from the general public. In such cases, the
Architect can act as the agent of the Owner by producing and coordinating the additional
activities necessary to complete the services. In all such activities, the Architect must maintain
his professional status as the representative of the Owner.
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