due September 4, 2008

CSC 385 :: Interaction of Buildings & Systems

{Value = 15 points}

Exercise 1.

Analyze the design of the Academic Forum.

1. Describe 3 personas.

2. What are their goals?

3. What are some of their interactions?

4. What are some of the design variables?

5. What are some design changes that you would suggest?

Exercise 2.

Do all the steps of Exercise 1 for the Library.

Exercise 3.

Analyze the design of KU’s footpath system, doing the same analysis steps as for Exercise 1.

Exercise 4.

Analyze the design of KU’s driveways and the immediately contiguous streets, doing the same analysis steps as for Exercise 1.

Exercise 5.

Analyze the inter-relationships between the walkways and the driveways/streets of campus.

1. In what ways do the goals of the users of each conflict?

2. What are the best solutions for the conflicting goals?

3. In what ways might the proposed solutions run counter to other goals of users (e.g, pricey solutions may cause spike in tuition)?

Questions:

1. In reference to the buildings, walkways & roadways you have considered, what do you see as the key design elements?

2. What do you consider to be the 4-6 most important design principles?