6-Schematic Design

Question 1

In schematic design, what is the client NOT responsible for providing?*
A) Construction budget
B) Construction methods
C) Geotechnical report
D) Legal survey

Answer 1

B) Construction methods

Question 2

What is the Schematic Design phase of the project?

Answer 2

When the client’s requirements & desires assume architectural form.

Question 3

What information do you need to start SD? (7)

Answer 3

• Functional requirements and spatial relationship
• Flexibility and provision for expansion
• Special equipment and systems
• Site requirements and/or restraints
• A feasibility construction budget
• Sustainability goals
• Time frame or schedule

Question 4

What does the client provide? (5) why?

Answer 4

• Legal and physical surveys
• Zoning bylaws considerations
• Reports on subsurface conditions including hazardous materials and other pollutants
• Assessment/condition reports and hazardous materials assessment if the project is a renovation
• Other professional reports or opinions from specialist consultants that will have an impact on the work.

So not all the liability rest on the archiect

Question 5

What 3 aspects of the project are illustrated during SD?

Answer 5

• general scope
• scale & massing
• conceptual form.

Question 6

Who’s in the core design team?

Answer 6

• architect
• struc
• mech
• elec

Question 7

What are the presentation documents provided at the END of SD?

Answer 7

as appropriate:

1. site plan,
2. principal floor plans(s),
3. schematic sections and elevations,
4. massing representation, and
5. other Illustrative sketches or renderings to convey the intent of the design.

Prepare a schematic design report incorporating, as appropriate:

1. design approach or philosophy,
2. site data,
3. design area(s) comparison to functional program,
4. design compliance with regulatory requirements,
5. architectural, structural, mechanical and electrical building systems descriptions,
6. Project schedule, and
7. Class ‘D’ Construction Cost Estimate.

Question 8

What is typically provided by consultants in the SD report? (2)

Answer 8

~ SME systems approach
~ probable construction/operating costs

Question 9

Explain the scope of the analysis of the building code at SD Phase

Answer 9

1 - Environmental impact, Zoning, Parking Requirements and Limiting Distance. (General Overview rather than a detail analysis)
2 - Occupancy/Classification
3 - Occupancy/Compartment fire Separations
4 - Area & Occupant Load
5 - Exiting & Egress (Travel Distance and Widths for large Buildings)
6 - BF Requirements
7 - Washroom Count

Question 10

Explain the principles of sustainable design as they relate to the Building (size, footprint, mass, form, and circulation) during schematic design. (11)

Answer 10

• Building orientation
• Form, massing
• Neighbouring buildings, shadowing
• Window to wall ratio
• Density vs open space
• Programing relationships
• Site (retaining of trees, soils, waterways)
• Material selection
• Energy source opportunities
• Water management
• Transportation strategies

Question 11

How can the Architect foster sustainable design during schematic design.

Answer 11

• IPD: involve consultants early
• Identify targets: - ie LEED

Question 12

Explain the scope of the analysis of the universal accessibility at the schematic design phase.

Answer 12

• Ramps, access
• Site circulation, parking drop-off (accessible pathway)
• barrier free circulation
• Exit

Question 13

What do you need to proceed to DD?

Answer 13

Submit the schematic design documents to the Client and obtain the Client’s approval prior to proceeding to the Design Development Phase.