5 Sections
25 Lessons
4 Hours
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1. Understanding the Type
5
1.1
What an office building really has to do
1.2
How the design of an office building evolved
1.3
Who uses an office building, and what each user needs
1.4
The floorplate and the core: the central design problem
1.5
What separates a good one from a bad one
2. Brief, Programme and Areas
5
2.1
Writing the brief with the client
2.2
The area programme explained
2.3
Net-to-gross ratio and workstation density: the benchmarks that matter
2.4
Adjacency and the bubble diagram
2.5
What clients get wrong at brief stage
3. Planning and Circulation
5
3.1
Site selection, orientation and access
3.2
Zoning: public, private and back-of-house
3.3
Circulation and the movement diagram
3.4
Cores, grids and structural discipline
3.5
Planning The floorplate and the core in detail
4. Codes, Comfort and Systems
5
4.1
The regulations that shape an office building
4.2
Egress, daylight and fresh-air provision in practice
4.3
Accessibility and inclusive design
4.4
Servicing: MEP, plant and risers
4.5
Daylight, acoustics and thermal comfort
5. Getting It Built and Judged
5
5.1
Structure and materials for an office building
5.2
Cost drivers and value-engineering traps
5.3
Operations: how an office building works on day 3,000
5.4
Case studies: Commerzbank Tower by Foster + Partners, Centraal Beheer by Herman Hertzberger and The Edge Amsterdam by PLP
5.5
The design checklist for an office building
How to Design an Office Building
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