ASSIGNMENT 5
Residential Design Program
Analysis:
Organize and decide
This is the last step of the programming process. Here you pull the project together and look at
alternatives, and prepare to make recommendations.
Prepare a written statement (Program) of objectives and requirements, and square footage for each
room. The square footage should come close to the size of the home once it's renovated. Garages are
not habitable spaces, and are not included in square footage.
It may be in writing and/or graphics but it is traditionally a written program
1. The program size is based on the project size. Your written program might be from 3 to 6
pages (see handout from Neilson’s "Interiors, an Introduction, Table 1.2"
2. Place the Design Concept Statement at the top of your program such as the one in Nielson’s
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table 1.2
Include some pictures of a design theme in your program (these might me samples from your
client or your selection - scan them and make them small enough to place on a word document).
Include any graphics or sketches that might help communicate the program
Place the program with theme pictures in a folder with a plastic cover
In a typical project, you make an appointment with the client to review the program.
Provide the client with a written copy of the program and offer your client every opportunity to make
comments, critique the program or modify it, etc.
Explain to the client that you completed the research component of the project and you are ½ way to
completing the entire project. Some clients think you are going to provide them with an entire design at
this point, so you need to make sure they understand that research is the key to a great end result and
programming is the last step in the research before the actual design begins.
End the meeting on a good note. Make an appointment for your next meeting in which you will provide
your clients with your preliminary presentation before your final presentation
Your program will now drive the project into the solution.
You have concluded Phase I – Analysis and you begin Phase II - Synthesis