Programming & Analysis

Programming & Analysis (PA)

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome to Programming & Analysis
2. Exam Structure
3. Exam Specifications
4. Course Structure
5. ARE and the Design Process
6. Candidate Strategies
1. Initial Information & Code Analysis
1. Project Initial Information - Introduction
2. Feasibility Study
3. Site Survey
4. Topography Maps
5. Utility Surveys
6. Record Documents
7. Site Verification Survey
8. Master Plans
9. Project Initial Information - Summary
10. Project Initial Information - Sample Question
1. Preliminary Reports - Introduction
2. Geotechnical Reports
3. Condition Assessment Reports
4. Structural Assessment Reports
5. Cultural Landscape Reports
6. Archaeological Reports
7. Environmental Site Assessments (Environmental Impact Reports)
8. Preliminary Reports - Summary
9. Preliminary Reports - Sample Question
1. Planning and Zoning Code Analysis - Introduction
2. Initial Code Analysis
3. Zoning District and Permitted Use
4. General and Specific Plan
5. Setbacks and Dimensional Standards
6. Parking Requirements
7. Easements
8. Sustainability Standards
9. Planning and Zoning Code Analysis - Summary
10. Planning and Zoning Code Analysis - Sample Question
1. Building Volume Code Analysis - Introduction
2. Lot Coverage
3. Building Height (Zoning)
4. Floor Area Ratio
5. Setbacks Above Grade (Step-backs)
6. Volumetric Ratios
7. Variances
8. Variance Process
9. Building Volume Code Analaysis - Summary
10. Building Volume Code Analysis - Sample Question
1. Environmental Analysis & Site Conditions
1. Off-Site Environmental Factors - Introduction
2. Sun
3. Climate
4. Wind
5. Precipitation
6. Off-Site Environmental Factors - Summary
7. Off-Site Environmental Factors - Sample Question
1. On-Site Environmental Factors - Introduction
2. Soil Characteristics
3. Slope Structure
4. Retaining Walls
5. Stablization, Erosion, & Sediment Controls
6. Wetlands
7. Floodplains
8. Geothermal
9. On-Site Environmental Factors - Summary
10. On-Site Environmental Factors - Sample Question
1. Site Hazards - Introduction
2. Radon
3. Lead
4. Asbestos
5. Brownfields
6. Abandoned Structures
7. Site Hazards - Summary
8. Site Hazards - Sample Question
1. Off-Site Contextual Factors - Introduction
2. Design Overlay Districts
3. Traffic
4. Utilities
5. Demographics
6. Neighborhood Context
7. Off-Site Contextual Factors - Summary
8. Off-Site Contextual Factors - Sample Question
1. On-Site Contextual Factors - Introduction
2. Topography Strategies
3. Drainage
4. Renovations
5. Adaptive Reuse
6. Preservation
7. Rehabilitation
8. Restoration
9. Reconstruction
10. Demolition
11. On-Site Contextual Factors - Summary
12. On-Site Contextual Factors - Sample Question
1. Site Design & Building Massing
1. Environmental Responses - Introduction
2. Shading
3. Wind Design
4. Precipitation & Water Management
5. Acoustic Site Strategies
6. Environmental Responses - Summary
7. Environmental Responses - Sample Question
1. Contextual Design Strategies - Introduction
2. Topographical Design Strategies
3. Geotechnical Foundation Strategies
4. Views
5. Contextual Design Strategies - Summary
1. Site Layout - Introduction
2. Parking Design
3. Site Accessibility
4. Fire Apparatus Access
5. Fire Hose-pull Design
6. Site Layout - Unit Summary
7. Site Layout - Sample Question
1. Building Massing - Unit Introduction
2. Occupancy vs. Occupant Load
3. Occupancy Classification & Use
4. Construction Type
5. Building Height (Code)
6. Building Area
7. Area Factor Increase
8. Building Massing - Unit Summary
9. Building Massing - Sample Question
1. Building Programming & Design
1. Programming Concepts - Introduction
2. Building Program
3. Functional Relationship Diagrams
4. Program Area
5. Building Efficiency
6. Primary vs. Subsidiary Program
7. Occupied vs. Unoccupied Spaces
8. Programming Concepts - Summary
9. Programming Concepts - Sample Question
1. Preliminary Project Schedule & Cost - Introduction
2. Preliminary Project Schedule
3. Preliminary Project Cost
4. Project Feasibility
5. Phasing
6. Preliminary Project Schedule & Cost - Summary
7. Preliminary Project Schedule & Cost - Sample Question

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Programming & Analysis (PA)

Course curriculum

COURSE INTRODUCTION

Breakout 1

1.1 - Project Initial Information

1.2 - Preliminary Reports

1.3 - Site Code Analysis

1.4 - Building Volume Code Analysis

Breakout 2

2.1 - Off-Site Environmental Factors

2.2 - On-Site Environmental Factors

2.3 - Site Hazards

2.4 - Off-Site Contextual Factors

2.5 - On-Site Contextual Factors

Breakout 3

3.1 - Environmental Responses

3.2 - Contextual Design strategies

3.3 - Site Layout

3.4 - Building Massing

Breakout 4

4.1 - Programming Concepts

4.3 - Preliminary Project Schedule & Cost

About this course

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